Compositions and methods for augmenting activity of oncolytic viruses

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are compositions and methods for augmenting activity of oncolytic viruses. Virus activity is augmented by sensitizing cancer or tumour cells through modulation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress response pathway, for instance by introducing into a tumour cell an agent effective to modulate ER stress response and sensitize the tumour cell. The tumour cells are then contacted with an oncolytic virus in an amount effective to reduce viability of the sensitized tumour cell. The oncolytic virus is thereby rendered more effective at lysing or killing the sensitized tumour or cancer cells.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for augmenting activity of oncolytic viruses. In particular, oncolytic virus activity is augmented by sensitizing cancer or tumour cells through modulation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress response pathway.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Despite major advances in the understanding of cancer over the last 50 years, it remains one of the most important health challenges worldwide. Innovative approaches are needed to complement current drug based therapeutic strategies, and oncolytic viruses represent one such promising tool in the fight against cancer.

Oncolytic viruses preferentially infect and lyse cancer cells. They have been shown to act: (i) by directly destroying tumour cells via their inherent cytolytic activity, and (ii) through modification to function as vectors for delivering genes expressing anticancer proteins to a tumour site.

One example of an oncolytic virus having cytolytic activity is ONYX-015. ONYX-015 is the commercial name of an adenovirus mutant (dll 520) that is replication-restricted in normal cells having a wild-type p53 gene. ONYX-015 has been shown to replicate and kill tumour cells lacking a functional p53.

When used as a vector, therapeutic or cytotoxic genes can be delivered by the oncolytic virus to a tumour site where the products of these genes either directly or indirectly inhibit tumour growth. A number of different genes have been used for such applications, including human cytokine genes, tumour suppressor genes, bacterial or viral prodrug-activating enzyme encoding genes (suicide genes) and genes which make the tumour mass more susceptible to radiation and chemotherapy.

A variety of different virus strains have been studied, including naturally occurring or genetically modified versions of adenovirus, herpes simplex virus (“HSV”), reovirus, poxvirus (e.g. vaccinia virus and Myxoma virus), vesicular stomatitis virus (“VSV”), poliovirus, Newcastle disease virus (“NDV”), and measles. However, such viruses often lack sufficient potency as monotherapies to be completely clinically effective anticancer agents.

In an effort to improve clinical efficacy, candidate viruses have been genetically engineered to express therapeutic transgenes, and have been combined with other common oncolytic therapies. While such studies are ongoing with encouraging success, there continues to be a need for ways to enhance potency and efficacy, and generally make oncolytic viruses more effective cancer therapeutics.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the invention to provide improved compositions and methods for augmenting activity of oncolytic viruses.

The invention relates to a method of reducing viability of a tumor cell in a subject, comprising the steps of: (i) introducing into a tumor cell in the subject an agent effective to modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and sensitize the tumour cell to cytolytic activity of an oncolytic virus in the subject; and (ii) contacting the tumor cell with an oncolytic virus in an amount effective to reduce viability of the sensitized tumour cell, wherein viability of the tumor cell is reduced by the oncolytic virus. In a preferred embodiment, the oncolytic virus lyses or kills the sensitized tumour cell.

In a further embodiment, the invention relates to a method of modulating sensitivity of cancer cells to infection by an oncolytic virus, comprising introducing into a cancer cell an agent effective to modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and sensitize the cancer cell to cytolytic activity of the oncolytic virus, wherein the cancer cells are sensitized to infection by the oncolytic virus.

According to the methods described herein, the agent may be effective to enhance, diminish or inhibit the ER stress response in said subject. In one preferred embodiment, the agent is effective to inhibit the ER stress response in said subject. In a further embodiment, the agent may be a siRNA specific to ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61. Alternately, the agent may be a molecule effective to modulate ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling, for instance a molecule effective to block or enhance ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling. It is also contemplated that the agent may be a modified oncolytic virus wherein the modification renders the oncolytic virus effective to modulate ER stress response and sensitize the tumour cell to cytolytic activity.

It is further envisioned that the tumour cells or cancer cells described herein may be any tumour or cancer cell that is susceptible to oncolytic virus infection and modulation of the ER stress response. Without wishing to be limiting in any way, such cancer and tumour cells may be colon cancer cells, lung cancer cells, liver cancer cells, prostate cancer cells, bladder cancer cells, neck and mouth cancer cells, breast cancer cells, glioblastoma cells, lymphoma cells, carcinoma cells, renal cell cancer cells, pancreatic cancer cells, ovarian cancer cells and any other such cancer or tumour cells known in the art.

In further embodiments, the oncolytic virus may be any oncolytic virus, such as but without wishing to be limiting, a native or modified herpes virus, Adenovirus, Adeno-associated virus, influenza virus, reovirus, rhabdovirus, Newcastle virus, vaccinia virus, poliovirus, measles virus, mumps virus, sindbis virus (SIN) or sendai virus (SV). In preferred embodiments the oncolytic virus may be a native or modified rhabdovirus, for example a native or modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) or Maraba virus. By ‘modified’, it is meant that the virus is a mutant virus modified with a function-improving mutation to make the virus a more effective cancer or tumour cell lysing agent.

The invention further relates to a method of identifying a tumour cell sensitizing agent effective for sensitizing tumour cells to infection by an oncolytic virus. The method comprises: (i) providing a test molecule with putative endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response modulating activity, (ii) adding the test molecule to a sample of said tumor cells, (iii) contacting the tumor cells with the oncolytic virus, and (iv) comparing cytolytic activity of the oncolytic virus in the sample of tumour cells with the test molecule to activity of the oncolytic virus in a sample of tumour cells without the test molecule, wherein increased cytolytic activity of the oncolytic virus in the sample of tumour cells with the test molecule indicates the presence of a tumour cell sensitizing agent.

The test molecule described above may be any molecule suspected of having ER stress response modulating activity. Such molecules may be a small molecule, a protein, a nucleic acid, an antibody, or any other non-limiting example of a putative test molecule.

The invention further provides compounds effective to modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and sensitize a tumour cell to cytolytic activity of an oncolytic virus in a subject. Such compounds may be effective to inhibit the ER stress response in the subject. For instance, the compound may be a siRNA specific to ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61, or a molecule effective to modulate ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling. In another embodiment, the compounds may augment the ER stress response in the tumour to improve oncolytic therapy.

In an embodiment, the compound is effective to block or enhance ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling. In a further embodiment, the compound is a protein, a small molecule, a nucleic acid, or an antibody.

The above-described compounds may also be formulated into a composition, for instance a pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.

Also contemplated by the present invention is a modified oncolytic virus, wherein the modification renders the oncolytic virus effective to modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and sensitize a tumour cell to cytolytic activity of the oncolytic virus in a subject. The modified oncolytic virus may be effective to inhibit the ER stress response in the subject. In another embodiment, the modified oncolytic virus may augment the ER stress response in the tumour to improve oncolytic therapy.

In an embodiment, the oncolytic virus may be modified to include a nucleotide specific to ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 or a nucleotide encoding a molecule effective to modulate ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling. In a further embodiment, the modified oncolytic virus may be effective to block or enhance ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling. In a further embodiment, the molecule may be a protein or an antibody.

The above-described modified oncolytic virus may also be formulated into a composition, for instance a pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.

The invention also relates to a method of sensitizing a tumor to cytolytic activity of an oncolytic virus, said method comprising inducing in a subject a mild stress to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).

In a non-limiting embodiment, inducing the mild stress may comprise genetically disrupting an ER stress response gene, for instance a ER stress response gene such as IRE1/ERN, DERLIN, and ATF6. In another non-limiting embodiment, inducing the mild stress may comprise chemically inhibiting IRE1/ERN1. For instance, compound 2 (described herein) is administered to the subject to chemically inhibit IRE1/ERN1. In a further non-limiting embodiment, inducing the mild stress may comprise chemically inhibiting cyclophilins which blocks the function of chaperones in the ER. Without wishing to be limiting, Cyclosporin A can be administered to chemically inhibiting the cyclophilins. In another non-limiting embodiment, inducing the mild stress may comprise chemically inhibiting protein glycosylation and producing more unfolded proteins in the ER. For instance, but without wishing to be limiting, Tunicamycin can be administered to chemically inhibit protein glycosylation.

It is also to be understood that the above-described compound can be effective to induce an ER stress and render tumour cells susceptible to a virus infection. In addition, yet without wishing to be limiting, the compound can be effective to initiate caspase 2 mediated cell death in response to a virus infection, and render tumour cells susceptible to a virus infection.

In certain non-limiting embodiments, the compound may be one of the following

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features of the invention will become more apparent from the following description in which reference is made to the appended drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic describing the functional genetic screen used to identify host genes that modulate oncolytic virus therapy. Briefly, cells in 384 well format were reverse transfected with 10 nM siRNA pools from an arrayed genome wide library of siRNA (Dharmacon Inc. USA). After an incubation of 72 hours, cells were infected with Maraba virus at an MOI of 0.05 and further incubated for 48 hours. Cell viability was measured using Alamar Blue™ vital dye assay. Alternatively cells were washed, fixed and stained with hoechst nuclear stain and scored for cell number and nuclear morphology to assay cell viability;

FIG. 2 shows a summary of the genome-wide RNAi screen in two cancer cell lines: (A) Venn diagram indicating the number of genes scored as “hits” in the screen for each cell line. Hits are designated as genes with viability scores greater than two standard deviations of the negative control from the mean of the overall screen. In addition, genes with viability scores of one standard deviation of the negative control from the mean of RNAi alone screen were filtered from the list to remove false positives due to the effects of RNAi alone. (B) Bioinformatic analysis of the 485 hits common to both cell lines;

FIG. 3 illustrates results showing IRE1/ERN knockdown sensitizing of cancer cells to Maraba virus killing: (A) Cell lines were transfected with siRNA targeting IRE1alpha (ERN1) or IRE1beta (ERN2) or control in 96 well format. After 72 hours, wells were infected with Maraba virus at various MOIs. Viability was monitored by Alamar Blue™ viability assay following 48 h of infection. Experiments were performed in triplicate and plotted as the mean, with error bars representing the standard error. EC50 values were calculated for each condition and compared to the control to determine fold sensitization. (B) Summary of the results from (A) indicating the effects of loss of ERN mRNA on Maraba virus killing of tumour lines. (C) Western blot confirming the inhibition of ERN-1 (IRE1alpha) protein expression; and

FIG. 4 illustrates results showing Maraba virus activates the Unfolded Protein Response: (A) U373 and OVCAR-8 cells were treated with tunicamycin (5 μg/mL) or wild-type Maraba virus (MOI 5) for the indicated amounts of time. Total protein lysates were collected, and immunoblots performed using the indicated antibodies. F-ATF6, Full-length activated transcription factor 6. DG-ATF6, de-glycosylated ATF6. C-ATF-6, cleaved ATF6. P-EIF2α, phosphorylated eukaryotic initiation factor 2α. BIP/GRP78, immunoglobulin heavy chain binding protein/glucose regulated protein 78. XBP(s), spliced X-box binding protein 1. GAPDH, glyceraldehyde dehydrogenase. G, N, P and M indicate Maraba virus proteins. (B) U373 and OVCAR-8 cells were treated with tunicamycin (TM) and Maraba virus, as in (A). Total RNA was extracted and RT-PCR performed using XBP-specific primers. XBP(u), un-spliced XBP. XBP(s), spliced XBP.

FIG. 5 illustrates the results of the genome wide screen of Example 2, and the identification of ER stress response blockade as a potent sensitizer to rhabdovirus-mediated oncolysis. (A) Schematic representation of the screen. (B) Venn diagram outlining the number of overlapping hits, and a table (+=synthetic lethal, −=no interaction) and schematic diagram (hits outlined in red) illustrating key hits within the UPR and ERAD pathways. (C) Phase contrast images of U373 cells treated first with siRNA (72 h) followed by Maraba virus infection (MOI 5; 24 h). (D) Upper panels. Cell viability assays were performed 48 h after Maraba virus infection, which followed 72 h siRNA treatment. Western blots demonstrating protein knockdown are depicted (* denotes non-specific band). Lower panels. Cell viability assays were conducted 48 h after virus infection, in U373 cells ectopically expressing mouse ATF6α (or GFP control)±siRNA targeting human ATF6α (or NT control). (E) Representative tumour and normal cell lines were treated with siRNA targeting IRE1α for 72 h followed by Maraba virus (MOI 0.1). Cell viability assays were performed 48 h later. (F) Cell viability assays were performed on a panel of cancer-derived cell lines 48 h after Maraba virus infection (MOI 5), which followed UPR knockdown (72 h). Data is represented as “log sensitization”, which is defined as the reduction in the amount of Maraba virus (on a log₁₀ scale) required to obtain an EC₅₀. The degree of functionality of the interferon system is also plotted, with (−) indicating completely defective and (+++) indicating completely functional (N/A indicates cell lines not analyzed). (G) Cell viability was measured after 48 h infection with wild type or “double mutant” Maraba virus of wild type VSV (MOI 0.1), which followed 72 h siRNA treatment (*=p<0.05; #=p<0.01).

FIG. 6 illustrates that UPR knockdown sensitizes U373 cells towards Maraba virus mediated killing. U373 cells were treated with non- or IRE1α-targeting RNAi duplexes for 72 h prior to Maraba-WT infection. After 48 h, cell viability was assessed using Resazurin sodium salt (*=p<0.05).

FIG. 7 illustrates that acute inhibition of the ER stress response is not sufficient to sensitize tumour cells to viral oncolysis. (A) U373 cells were treated with the ER stressor tunicamycin (5 μg/mL) or Maraba virus (MOI 5). Total RNA was collected and RT-PCR for XBP1 splicing performed. (B) Cells were treated as in (A). Total cell lysates were collected and immunoblot analyses conducted (DG-ATG6α=deglycosylated ATF6α, due to the inhibitory effect of TM on glycosylation). (C) U373 cells were treated with putative IRE1α small molecule inhibitors (2 h) prior to tunicamycin treatment (4 h). Total RNA was collected and RT-PCR performed. RNAi targeting IRE1α (72 h) was used as a control. (D) U373 cells were treated with Compound 2 (50 uM) or controls for 4 or 48 h prior to Maraba virus infection. Cell viability assays were performed 48 h later. (E) Cells were treated as in (D) and combination index analyses performed. (F) U373 cells were treated with DMSO or cyclosporine (25 μM) for 4 or 48 h before Maraba virus infection. Cell viability was assessed 48 h later (*=p<0.05).

FIG. 8 shows ER preload rewires cancer cells for caspase 2-mediated apoptosis in response to oncolytic virus infection. (A) Cells were treated with siRNA for 0-72 h. Total cell lysates were collected followed by immunoblot analyses. (B) Cells were treated with siRNA (72 h), followed by infection with Maraba virus (MOI 5). Total cell lysates were collected and immunoblots performed. (C) Cells were treated as in (B) or treated with tunicamycin (5 ug/mL) for 24 h followed by 24 h “washout”, after which cells were infected with Maraba virus (MOI 5). Total cell lysates were collected at the indicated timepoints and immunoblots performed. (D-E) Cells were treated as in (B), and Western blots performed. (F) Schematic diagram depicting ER Preload model. Rhabdovirus infection of naïve tumour cells (Standard OVT) causes ER stress but fails to trigger a caspase 2 mediated apoptotic response (grayed out dormant response). Inhibiting UPR or ERAD (Combination ER/OV Therapy) induces an ER stress resulting in an adaptive response (rewiring) that predisposes tumour cells to undergo an alternative death program (caspase 2 dependent apoptosis) upon challenge with an oncolytic virus.

FIG. 9 shows UPR knockdown leads to ER preload in U373 glioblastoma cells as compared to GM38 normal human fibroblasts. Cells were treated with siRNA targeting IRE1α (or controls) for 72 h, total cell lysates collected at the indicated timepoints and immunoblots performed.

FIG. 10 shows UPR knockdown has no bearing on virus infectivity. (A) U373 cells were treated with siRNA (72 h) prior to Maraba infection (MOI 5). Total cell lysates were taken at the indicated timepoints post-infection and Western blots performed. (B) Cells were treated as in (A), and single-step growth analyses conducted. (C) Cells were treated as in (A), and phase contrast and fluorescent microscopy images captured following infection.

FIG. 11 shows Maraba virus infection following UPR knockdown leads to Caspase-2 activation in U373 glioblastoma cells but not GM38 normal human fibroblasts. Cells were treated with siRNA targeting IRE1α (or controls) for 72 h, total cell lysates collected at the indicated timepoints and immunoblots performed.

FIG. 12 shows a pharmacokinetic analysis of Compound 2 in CD1 nude mice. (A) CD-1 nude mice (n=3/group) were given a single dose of Compound 2 (500, 125, or 25 mg/kg, IP) and blood was drawn from the saphenous vein at 30 or 120 min. The plasma [Compound 2] was determined by LC-MS, and regression analysis conducted. (B) CD-1 nude mice (n=3/group) were given a single dose of Compound 2 (50 mg/kg, IV or 250 mg/kg, IP) and blood was drawn from the saphenous vein at 0, 5, 15, 30, 60, 120, 240, 360, 480, and 1440 min. Plasma was analyzed for [Compound 2] by LC-MS. The dotted line indicates [20 μM], which was the lowest, maximally effective dose in cell culture experiments. (C) Pharmacokinetic parameters, determined from data in (B), depicting maximum concentrations (Cmax), time at maximum concentration (Tmax), half life T_(1/2)), area under the curves (AUC), clearance rate (CL), volume of distribution (Vc), and relative bioavailability (F=(AUC PO/AUC IV)*100).

FIG. 13 shows chemical inhibition of IRE1α potentiates oncolytic therapy in vivo. (A) Luciferase-tagged OVCAR-4 cells (5e⁶) were delivered intraperitoneally (IP) into CD-1 nude mice. At day 14, mice were treated twice daily with Compound 2 (250 mg/Kg; IP delivery) or vehicle for 6 consecutive days (drug TX window is outlined by the dotted lines). Maraba-DM treatment (1e⁵ PFU; IV injections) was initiated 48-72 h later (virus injections depicted by arrows). Tumours were regularly evaluated using IVIS bioluminescent imaging. The graph depicts relative change in luminescent signal, which corresponds to tumour size. (B) Representative bioluminescent images from (A). (C) EMT6 cells were treated with Compound 2 (50 uM) or vehicle for 48 h prior to Maraba virus infection. Viability assays were conducted 48 h later. (D) Luciferase-tagged EMT6 cells (1e⁵) were implanted into the breast fat pads of Balb/c mice. Compound 2 treatment was initiated at Day 7 (250 mg/Kg; IP; twice daily for 6 days; treatment window depicted by the dotted box). Maraba virus injections (1e⁷ PFU; IV) commenced on Day 10 (black arrows). Bioluminescent data is plotted (as above). (E) Kaplan-meier curve depicting mouse survival in an EMT6 model. The experiment was done as in (D), except that Compound 2 treatment was extended for an additional six days. (*=p<0.05).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Disclosed herein are improved compositions and methods for augmenting activity of oncolytic viruses, which are obtained through the manipulation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. As will be described in greater detail in the following, modulators of the ER stress response pathway can sensitize tumour or cancer cells to the cytolytic activity of an oncolytic virus.

A wide range of viruses are contemplated as oncolytic viruses in the present invention, such as but not limited to herpes viruses, Adenovirus, Adeno-associated virus, influenza virus, reovirus, rhabdoviruses such as vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and Maraba virus, Newcastle virus, vaccinia virus, poliovirus, measles virus, mumps virus, sindbis virus (SIN) and sendai virus (SV).

Oncolytic viruses may additionally or alternatively be targeted to specific tissues or tumor tissues. This can be achieved for example through transcriptional targeting of viral genes (e.g. WO 96/39841) or through modification of viral proteins that are involved in the cellular binding and uptake mechanisms during the infection process (e.g. WO 2004033639 or WO 2003068809).

Experiments Experiment 1: ER Stress Response

Increased levels of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of all eukaryotes trigger the unfolded protein response (UPR). Several cellular pathways are involved in mitigating this stress. The ER stress pathway is responsible for dealing with unfolded protein load within the endoplasmic reticulum (reviewed in Kincaid et al., 2007, Antioxid Redox Signal, 9(12):2373-87).

Yeast have a single response to dealing with unfolded proteins through a protein kinase called IRE1. This protein kinase is activated in response to accumulated unfolded proteins within the ER and through its endoribonuclease activity, catalyses the noncanonical splicing of xbp1 mRNA to code for a functional transcription factor upregulating the expression of genes required to ameliorate the stress.

Mammalian cells also make use of the archetypal IRE1 signalling cascade in response to ER stress, but have evolved another parallel response through the ATF6 transcription factor. In unstressed cells, ATF6 resides in a transmembrane protein spanning the ER membrane. Following a stimulation of unfolded proteins in the lumen of the ER, a key at six trends locates that Golgi apparatus whereupon it is cleaved by a resident peptidase forming a soluble transcription factor responsible for the up-regulation of a subset of stress response genes. In addition to this pathway mammalian cells also possess a translational attenuation response. When unfolded proteins accumulate in the lumen of the ER, a protein kinase called PERK phosphorylates elF2alpha in the cytoplasm and attenuates global translation. This response serves to decrease ER load by stemming the influx of proteins into the ER by blocking protein production. A final response to ER stress is the selective translocation of terminally unfolded proteins from the ER into the cytoplasm for proteosome-mediated degradation. This response is termed the ER-associated Degradation (ERAD) response.

Cancer and ER Stress

Mounting evidence demonstrates that during the etiology of a tumour, cancer cells undergo sustained and/or transient ER stress. Mutations give rise to protein species with suboptimal folding, and hypoxia impedes proper folding of proteins within the ER. Several components of the ER stress response pathway are upregulated in a variety of cancers (Shuda et al., 2003, J. Hepatol. 2003, 38(5):605-14). Manipulating ER stress sensitizes cancer cells to hypoxia (Bi et al., 2005, EMBO J., 24:3470-81) and to chemotherapeutics (Nawrocki et al., 2005, Cancer Res. 65:11658-66).

Viruses and ER Stress

Viruses induce ER stress, for example: HCV (Joyce et al., 2009, PLoS Pathog., 5(2):e1000291), SARS (Ye et al., 2008, Biochim Biophys Acta.,1780:1383-7), West Nile (Medigeshi et al., 2007, J. Virol., 81:10849-60), Hepatitis B (Li et al., 2007, Virus Res., 124:44-9), Hantavirus, Japanese Encephalitis virus (Su et al., 2002, J. Virol., 76:4162-71), RSV (Bitko et al., 2001, J. Cell Biochem., 80:441-54), influenza (Watowich et al., 1991, J. Virol., 65:3590-7), Herpes (Lee 2008), and dengue fever virus (Umareddy et al., 2007, Virol J., 4:91). Some viruses have the ability to manipulate the cell's response to ER stress: (Bechill et al., 2008, J. Virol.; 82:4492-501; Isler et al., 2005, J. Virol., 79:6890-9; Tardif et al., 2004, J. Biol Chem., 279:17158-64).

Replicating virus based therapeutics, or oncolytic viruses, are a rapidly emerging and promising treatment modality for a wide range of cancers. In pre-clinical studies, oncolytic viruses have produced remarkable results in a variety of experimental animal models including human xenografts in nude mice and syngeneic animal tumours (see Hawkins et al., 2002, Lancet Oncol. 3:17-26; and VähäKoskela 2007 for review). Successfully tested oncolytic viruses include: vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) (Stojdl et al., 2003, Cancer Cell., 4:263-75; Lun et al., 2006, J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 98:1546-57), adenovirus (AdV) (Ries et al., 2002, Br. J. Cancer, 86:5-11), reovirus (Coffey et al., 1998, Science, 282:1332-4), Newcastle disease virus (NDV) (Lorene et al., 1994, J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 86:1228-33; and Schirrmacher et al., 2001, Int. J. Oncol., 18:945-52), herpes simplex virus (HSV) (Todo et al., 1999, Hum. Gene Ther., 10:2741-55) and vaccinia virus (McCart et al., 2001, Cancer Res., 61:8751-7). Several of these viruses have been, and are continuing to be tested in human clinical trials; again with encouraging results. For example, in a phase I trial, using a genetically modified herpes virus (HSV G207), patients with malignant gliomas were injected intratumourally and some antitumour efficacy was seen by both radiographic and neuropathologic criteria (Markert et al., 2000, Gene Ther.,7:867-74). Onyx-015, an E1B-55kDa gene-deleted adenovirus has completed two phase II human trials directed at squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (Nemunaitis et al., 2001, J. Clin. Oncol., 19:289-98; Lamont et al., 2000, Ann. Surg. Oncol., 2000, 7:588-92). In these studies virus was delivered by a series of intra-tumour injections either in combination with chemotherapy agents (Lamont et al., 2000, Ann. Surg. Oncol., 2000, 7:588-92) or as a single agent (Nemunaitis et al., 2001, J. Clin. Oncol., 19:289-98). Onyx-015 was found to be safe and showed some antitumour activity with 10-30% of patients showing complete responses at injection sites and 30-60% of patients having stabilized disease. In a more recent phase I trial, an engineered form of vaccinia virus demonstrated an excellent safety profile as well as promising efficacy data in 14 patients (Park et al., 2008, Lancet Oncol., 9:533-42). There have been in excess of some 25 clinical trials (mostly phase I) that demonstrate the safety of these virus therapies. Results from more phase 2 and 3 trials are awaited to evaluate the efficacy of these oncolytic viruses.

Rhabdoviridae:

The Rhabdoviridae viral family is divided into 6 genera, in which the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is one of them. Rhabdoviridae are membrane-enveloped viruses that are widely distributed in nature where they infect vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. Viral particles contain a helical, nucleocapsid core composed of genomic RNA and protein. Rhabdoviridae have single, negative-strand RNA genomes of 11-12,000 nucleotides. Further information on the Rhabdoviridae family of viruses can be found in Rose and Whitt, 2001, Chapter 38, Rhabdoviridae: The viruses and their replication, in Fields Virology, 4.sup.th edition, pp. 1221-1244, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

The inventors have previously shown that VSV has oncolytic properties (Stojdl et al., 2000, Nat. Med., 6:821-5) and have since shown that the VSV M protein antagonizes the innate immune system by blocking nuclear cytoplasmic transport of host mRNA. In doing so, the transcriptional cascade responsible for perpetuating the interferon mediated antiviral program is severed and no IFN is produced from these infected cells (Stojdl et al., 2003, Cancer Cell., 4:263-75). VSV strains with M protein mutations lose their capacity to block the IFN response and were shown to be extremely attenuated in normal cells, yet retain their ability to kill tumour cells (Stojdl et al., 2000, supra; Stojdl et al, 2003, supra). In a variety of subcutaneous, metastatic lung and intraperitoneal mouse models of cancer, systemic injection of the engineered VSV mutants was shown to effectively cure mice of local and disseminated tumours (Stojdl et al., 2000, supra; Stojdl et al. 2003 supra).

Oncolytic virus strains from the rhabdovirus family are described in WO 2009/016433, which is herein incorporated by reference.

RNAi Technology:

The recent advent of RNAi technology has made it possible to use forward genetics techniques to study the function of mammalian genes (Berns et al., 2004, Nature, 428:431-7; Krishnan et al., 2008, Nature, 455:242-5). This technology is particularly useful for studying host virus interactions as many of the host systems relevant to virus infection are unique to higher order organisms (e.g. interferon signaling).

The present inventors have utilized a genome wide RNAi screen to identify host genes, which when neutralized, sensitize cells to a subsequent oncolytic virus infection resulting in increased cell death (FIGS. 1 and 2). This sensitization is specific to cancer cells and does not sensitize normal human primary fibroblasts to oncolytic virus infection (FIG. 3). Accordingly, a means for specifically sensitizing cancer cells to killing by oncolytic virus-based therapy is provided.

Table 1 lists components of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress pathway that, when removed from the cell or deactivated according to an embodiment of the invention, makes the cell more susceptible to killing by a subsequent infection with an oncolytic virus, for example rhabdovirus-based oncolytic viruses. This is demonstrated by in vitro cytotoxicity assays across a panel of cancer cells using a panel of oncolytic agents as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

TABLE 1 Components of the UPR and ERAD pathways identified as synthetic lethal with Maraba virus infection in both OVCAR 8 and U373 human cancer cells. UPR ERAD Symbol GeneID RefSeq Synonym Symbol GeneID RefSeq Synonym ATF6 22926 NM_007348.2 DERL1 79139 NM_024295.4 CREBL1 1388 NM_004381.4 atf6 beta DERL2 51009 NM_016041.3 ERN1 2081 NM_001433.3 IRE1alpha sec61a 29927 NM_013336.3 NFYC 4802 NM_014223.4 sec61g 23480 NM_014302.3 HSPA5BP 54972 NM_178031 Dnajb9 27362 NM_013760.4 erdj4 FKBP10 60681 NM_021939 DNAJB11 51726 NM_016306.4 Erdj3 SEP15 9403 NM_004261 AMFR 267 NM_001144.4

Without wishing to be bound by theory, the enhanced tumour killing capacity is proposed to improve oncolytic virus efficacy by increasing tumour cell death following infection by an oncolytic virus and thereby debulking the tumour more rapidly and requiring less oncolytic virus at the tumour site to achieve similar efficacy.

Tumours are variably and intermittently hypoxic. This is because the vasculature that feeds tumours is often poorly structured. Hypoxia induces ER stress in a number of ways (reviewed in Wouters 2008, supra). It has been proposed that blocking UPR mechanisms would sensitize hypoxic tumour cells to death due to their dependence on these rescue pathways. However, some portions of tumours (often the rims) are not hypoxic as they are fed oxygen from the surrounding healthy stroma, or are adjacent to properly functioning vasculature. These areas of tumours that are not themselves hypoxic would not be affected by ER stress response blocking agents. However, an oncolyic virus infection of these non-hypoxic tumour cells would kill these cells efficiently in combination with ER stress response blockade. Since only tumour cells will be infected by the oncolytic virus, we refer to this as “targeted ER stress”. This combination of oncolytic virus and ER stress response blockade would result in a more complete tumour cell ablation and lessen the chance of re-growth of the tumour; a common problem with current chemotherapy.

Alternatively, it has been shown that oncolytic therapy can induce vascular shutdown and catastrophic hypoxia within tumour cores (Breitbach et al., 2007, Mol. Ther., 15:1686-93). Combination therapy of oncolytic virus with ER stress response blockade would be promoted by the hypoxia induced by the oncolytic virus, even in distant cells not directly infected by the virus. This would again limit the probability that a tumour cell would escape treatment and thereby improve patient outcomes.

Chemical signals (chemokines/cytokines) from the infected cell are released to warn neighboring cells of an imminent virus infection. For example, interferon beta is released from infected cells and induces a paracrine and autocrine signaling cascade that results in a potent antiviral response. Some tumour cells are capable of responding to these chemical signals and mount a defense against an incoming oncolytic virus. It has been demonstrated that interferon type I receptor is downregulated during ER stress. Without wishing to be bound by theory, we propose that inducing an ER stress following oncolytic virus infection will decrease the ability of the infected cell to secrete chemokines/cytokines and as well as the receptors that are required to sense these chemical signals. Further inhibiting of the ER stress response, through combination therapy with a drug or by engineering the oncolytic virus to block this response, should additionally attenuate the chemokine/cytokine mediated antiviral defenses of the infected cell and the surrounding tumour cells. Since the normal healthy cells are themselves resistant to the oncolytic agents, they would not be significantly affected by this mechanism. Therefore, ER stress modulation of innate immunity would specifically sensitize tumour cells to oncolytic virus infection.

Experimental Design:

A genome wide RNAi screen was conducted to find host genes that could modulate the ability of an oncolytic virus to kill tumour cells. Maraba virus was selected as a representative oncolytic virus from the Rhabdoviridae family. In the following experiments human cancer cells were sensitized to Maraba virus infection by interfering with host cell mRNA expression using siRNA technology. Two cell lines: (1) OVCAR 8 human ovarian carcinoma cells; and (2) U373 human glioblastoma cells, were studied as representative unrelated malignancies in an effort to identify genes that were common to many cancers, and not necessarily specific to one indication. Genes were identified that, when inhibited or augmented, gave rise to improvements in oncolytic activity.

“Hits” from the screens were analyzed for their known functions and it was determined that several of these genes were components of the host ER stress response pathways. Specifically, IRE1 and ATF6alpha and ATF6beta were identified as components of the UPR. IRE1 is known to activate the transcription factor XBP1 through a non-canonical mRNA splicing mechanism in the cytoplasm. Interestingly, the transcriptional co-activator NFYC known to bind and cooperate with both ATF6 and XBP1 was also identified as a “hit”. In addition, components of the ER activated Degradation (ERAD) pathway were identified in the primary screen. AMFR and DERL are known to form a complex and are responsible for tagging and removing terminally unfolded protein from the ER for proteosomal degradation.

These results strongly indicated that modulating ER stress responses through multiple pathways all sensitized cells to Maraba virus infection induced cell death.

Experimental Procedures:

Genome-wide Screening Procedure: Cells were reverse transfected in 384 well format using 10 nM of Dharmacon siGenome SmartPool human set (Invitrogen USA). For OVCAR 8 human ovarian carcinoma cells 2500 cells/well were transfected using RNAiMax (Invitrogen, USA) (0.05 ul/well) in a total volume of 40 ul of DMEM containing 10% FBS. Alternatively U373 human glioblastoma cells were similarly reverse transfected using Oligofectamine (0.05 ul/well) at a density of 625 cell/well. Plates were incubated for 72 hours to allow for siRNA mediated mRNA down modulation at which time plates were either mock infected or infected with recombinant wild type Maraba virus at an MOI of 0.05. To assay for cell death, plates were incubated for a further 48 hours and then resazurin was added to a concentration of bug/ml. After 4 hours, absorbance readings at 605 nm and 575 nm were taken to monitor reduction of resazurin to resorufin as a measure of cell viability (O'Brien et al., 2000, Eur J Biochem., 267:5421-6). All screens were performed in duplicate.

Data Analysis: Viability scores for each well were normalized using negative controls (irrelevant siRNA transfection) on a per plate basis. Duplicate screens were averaged on a per well basis. The mean standard deviation for all negative control wells was calculated and used to represent the variability in the assay. Experimental wells which deviated from the mean of all experimental wells by a value equal to 2 standard deviations of the negative controls from their mean were scored as “meaningful”. The mock-infected version of the screen (siRNA alone) was used to remove false positive “hits”. Data was normalized as above. Experimental wells which deviated from the mean of all experimental wells by a value equal to 1 standard deviation of the negative controls from their mean were scored as “meaningful”. Gene targets were designated as “hits” if they were only meaningful in the virus infected (and not in the virus uninfected) screens.

Validation experiments: Several experiments were performed to validate the “hits” identified in the primary siRNA screen. Firstly, we wanted to determine if Maraba virus infection could induce a UPR response. By definition, the “hits” derived from the screen were dependent on virus infection. Therefore, we predicted that the virus must be inducing an ER stress which was not present during the siRNA alone control arm of the screen. There are three arms to the UPR response: (1) ATF6 (2) IRE1 and (3) PERK. Each is known to sense unfolded protein load within the ER by a BIP dependent mechanism. We infected U373 and OVCAR8 cells with Maraba virus and assayed the kinetics of the 3 arms of the UPR response (FIG. 4 panel A&B). As expected, virus infection led to robust ATF6 cleavage indicative of ATF activation during ER stress and persisted throughout the infection (FIG. 4A). IRE1 activation was observed at 4 hours post infection and had subsided 24 hrs post stress. eIF2 alpha is phosphorylated by several protein kinases in response to a variety of stresses (FIG. 4 B). Tunicamycin is seen inducing elF2alpha phosphorylation presumably by the protein kinase PERK (FIG. 4A). We see a robust induction of elF2alpha phosphorylation following Maraba virus infection and we presume that at least some of this activity is through the PERK kinase. Thus Maraba virus infection does indeed elicit an ER stress response. Finally we sought to validate IRE1 as an ER stress response gene whose down-modulation would result in sensitization to the ER stress induced by Maraba virus infection. We targeted IRE1alpha (also known as ERN1) and IRE1beta (also known as ERN2) using siRNA from another vendor (Qiagen USA) across a panel of human cancer cell lines. Subsequent infection with increasing amounts of virus determined the dose response curve for each cell line. FIG. 3C demonstrates the efficiency of siRNA knockdown using this methodology. From this experiment, it was determined that the optimal siRNA concentration for the validation experiments would be 10 nM. FIG. 3A shows a typical curve demonstrating sensitization of a human glioblastoma cell line (SF295) to Maraba infection by knocking down either IRE1 alpha or IRE1beta relative to an irrelevant siRNA control. The summary of the experiment is presented in FIG. 3B, showing that the vast majority of tumour lines tested are sensitized to Maraba virus infection when IRE1 is downregulated. Importantly, GM38 primary human fibroblasts were not sensitized to Maraba virus infection. This demonstrates a tumour specific sensitization when modulating ER stress responses. We propose that this tumour specific sensitization will help target Maraba oncolytic virus destruction to the tumour and spare the surrounding normal parenchyma.

Cell culture: For immunoblot and RT-PCR experiments, U373 (2×10⁵) and OVCAR8 (5×10⁵) cells were seeded in 35 mm plates and grown overnight in complete DMEM. The following morning, tunicamycin (5 μg/mL) and Maraba virus (MOI 5) were diluted in fresh DMEM and added to the cells. Cell pellets were collected at the indicated timepoints post-treatment, washed twice in cold PBS with complete protease inhibitors (Roche) and stored at −80° C. until lysis. For viability experiments, 5×10³ cells were seeded in 96-well plates and grown overnight in complete DMEM. The following morning, siRNA knock-down was performed using RNAimax reagent (Invitrogen) and chemical duplexes specific to human IRE1α (ERN1) or β (ERN2) or a non-targeting (NT) control (Qiagen). After 72 hours, log-dilutions of Maraba virus were added (in triplicate), and 48-72 hours later cell viability was analyzed using the alamar blue method.

Immunoblotting: Total cell lysis buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl; 150 mM NaCl; 1% Triton X-100; 1% SDS) was added to cell pellets, and the lysates were “sheared” using a p100 pipette tip. Total cell lysates were prepared in SDS sample buffer, and 5-50 ug of total protein was separated by SDS-PAGE on 10% Bis-Tris gels and transferred to PVDF membranes. Membranes were probed with primary antibodies diluted in 5% skim milk powder (SMP) overnight at 4° C., followed by horse radish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies diluted in 5% SMP for 1 h at room temperature. Membranes were then treated with ECL reagent, exposed to X-ray film and developed (Kodak X-OMAT 2000A). Primary antibodies used were: ATF-6α (Santa Cruz), p-EIF2α (Cell Signaling), Bip/Grp78 (Cell Signaling), XBP(s) (Biolegend), GAPDH (Advanced Immunochemicals), Maraba viral proteins (anti-VSV).

RT-PCR: Cell pellets were lysed, and RNA extracted using a Qiagen RNAeasy Mini kit. RNA purity and concentration were determined spectrophometrically, and RT-PCR was performed using standard procedures with oligo-dT primers and the following XBP-specific primers:

(SEQ ID NO: 1) For: 5′- cct tgt agt tga gaa cca gg -3'; (SEQ ID NO: 2) Rev: 5′- ggg gct tgg tat ata tgt gg -3′.

The PCR product was separated on a 2% Nusieve/1% Agarose gel and visualized under UV.

Experiment 2: Blockade of ER Stress Response Sensitizes Cancer Cells Towards Viral Oncolysis:

To search for host factors that modulate rhabdovirus-mediated oncolysis, a synthetic lethal RNAi screen of the human genome was performed across three tumour-derived cell lines (FIG. 5 a). We used an arrayed library of siRNA pools to target ˜18 500 genes in OVCAR-8 (ovarian carcinoma), U373 (glioblastoma) or NCI-H226 (non-small cell lung carcinoma) cells. Transfected cells were either mock infected or infected with wild type Maraba virus as a representative oncolytic rhabdovirus. Following infection, we incubated the cells for 48-72 h after which we scored cell viability using resazurin vital dye. To identify primary “hits”, we analyzed data from two independent screens for each cell line using the median absolute deviation method⁹. Subtracting those genes scoring positively in the siRNA alone screens defined 1008 synthetic lethal hits common to at least two out of three cancer lines from the primary screen (Table S1). Subsequent bioinformatics analysis revealed a striking enrichment of hits within the ER stress response pathways (FIG. 1B), including members of two of the three known signaling cascades that comprise the unfolded protein response (UPR). Key hits therein included the transcription factors ATF6α and ATF6β, the endoribonucleases/protein kinase IRE1α, and a transcriptional coactivator common to both pathways, NFYC. Together, the ATF6 and IRE1 pathways serve to rescue the ER from an overload of unfolded proteins by increasing chaperone production and ER lipid biogenesis¹⁰. Our screen also identified several members of the SEC61 and the HRD ligase protein translocation complexes (e.g. Derlin-1; FIG. 1B). These proteins are critical for ER-associated degradation (ERAD), which helps rescue an unfolded protein burden by removing misfolded polypeptides from the ER and shuttling them to the 26S proteasome¹¹.

UPR and ERAD components were particularly interesting as sensitizers because ER stress has been reported to be a defining feature of the tumour cell state and components of these pathways are already being pursued as cancer specific targets for stand-alone cancer treatment^(12,13). We thus performed secondary validation for several members of these pathways, using siRNA with targeting sequences distinct from those employed in the primary screens. Depletion of IRE1α, ATF6α or Derlin-1 significantly sensitized U373 glioblastoma-derived cells to virus-mediated killing across a range of multiplicity of infections (MOI; FIG. 5C-D). To rule out off-target effects, we used multiple siRNA duplexes targeting distinct sequences and consistently found that UPR knockdown sensitized towards viral oncolysis (FIG. 6). In addition, we performed a rescue experiment by ectopically expressing murine ATF6α in U373 cells before depleting its human counterpart. Cells stably expressing mATF6α were completely refractory to the synthetic lethal phenotype associated with oncolytic virus infection and hATF6α knockdown (FIG. 5D). Taken together, these experiments validate our primary screening result that rhabdovirus-mediated oncolysis is greatly enhanced by knocking down components of the UPR and ERAD pathways.

To evaluate therapeutic index, we silenced IRE1α in a small panel of primary human cell lines (GM38 skin fibroblasts, normal human astrocytes (NHA) and Wi38 lung fibroblasts) prior to rhabdovirus infection. In contrast to the pronounced sensitization observed in U373 glioblastoma cells, UPR inhibition did not alter Maraba virus-mediated killing of the normal cell lines (FIG. 5E). We next examined the scope of the synthetic lethal phenotype in a representative subset of the NCI 60 tumour cell panel. RNAi-mediated knockdown of IRE1α or ATF6α significantly sensitized >80% of cancer cell lines tested to virus-mediated killing (FIG. 5F). The sensitized cell lines represent a broad assortment of cancers, some of which had fully effective interferon systems while others had varying degrees of interferon defects (FIG. 5F). Oncolytic rhabdoviruses traditionally have difficulty killing tumour cells with intact interferon responses^(7,8). Blockade of ER stress responses appears to extend the capability of these viruses to kill such cells, which may result in greater efficacy in the clinical setting where tumours are expected to be more heterogeneous with regards to interferon signaling. Oncolysis by the prototypic oncolytic rhabdovirus VSV and an engineered clinical candidate strain of Maraba virus (Maraba-DM)⁶ was similarly enhanced by UPR inhibition (FIG. 5G). Collectively, these data suggest that the enhancement of virus-mediated oncolysis conferred by inhibiting the ER stress response is tumour cell specific and may have widespread utility across a diverse range of tumour types.

Synthetic Lethal Interaction Between ER Stress Response Blockade and Rhabdovirus Infection Requires a Preconditioning Process

Maraba virus infection caused noticeable ER stress characterized by the activation of the upstream UPR sensors IRE1α (measured by XBP1 mRNA splicing (FIG. 7A)), ATF6α (measured by its cleavage (FIG. 7B)) and PERK (measured by EIF2α phosphorylation (FIG. 7B)). Surprisingly, however, in spite of the activation of these stress sensors, representative downstream UPR effector proteins XBP1(s) and BiP were not elevated after virus infection (FIG. 7B). This result indicates that the UPR was stalled at an early stage during virus infection and thus rendered functionally inert. These data suggest that an inadequate ER stress response is unlikely to be responsible for the observed synthetic lethal interaction between virus and UPR/ERAD knockdown, as the UPR is inhibited rapidly upon virus infection independent of external manipulation. Instead, it appears that sustained inhibition over the 72 h knockdown period is required, and that this may precondition cancer cells to die in response to virus infection.

To test this idea directly, we synthesized a number of compounds that had been reported to inhibit IRE1α¹⁶, along with some novel variants of the original structure. We first tested these compounds for their ability to inhibit XBP1 splicing by IRE1α and found that several were effective in the micromolar range (representative subset depicted in FIG. 7C). We then evaluated the most potent of these, designated Compound 2, and found that it greatly enhanced viral oncolysis in U373 cells when dosed for 48 hours, but not 4 hours (FIG. 7D). Importantly, combination index analyses demonstrated that compound 2 interacted synergistically (CI<1.0) with Maraba virus across a range of doses and MOIs (FIG. 7E). We next treated U373 cells with cyclosporine, a potent inhibitor of the ER chaperone protein cyclophilin B, prior to virus infection. Similar to compound 2, cyclosporine pre-treatment for 48 h but not 4 h greatly enhanced viral oncolysis (FIG. 7F). Together, these drug data demonstrate that the synthetic lethal phenotype is due to a preconditioning process that occurs throughout a period of sustained inhibition of the ER stress response, as opposed to acute blockade.

ER Preload Rewires Cancer Cells for Apoptosis

We examined whether inhibiting the ER stress response induces an unfolded protein load prior to viral infection (i.e. “ER preload”). Because there are presently no direct measures of ER protein load per se, we measured activation of the UPR as an indirect readout. Here, IRE1α silencing led to a tumour cell-specific increase in the ER stress-responsive proteins BiP and Mcl-1, as well as a transient induction of the ER stress sensor PERK (as measured by P-EIF2α; FIG. 8A and FIG. 9). These data indicate that IRE1α inhibition resulted in an ER stress in tumour cells. However, this stress response appeared to resolve as eIF2α phosphorylation and ATF6 levels returned to untreated levels, before a period at which virus infection was to be initiated (FIG. 8A 72 h and FIG. 8B 0 h). Additionally we examined whether ER preload altered the kinetics of the ER stress response post-virus infection and observed that loss of IRE1α had no bearing on ATF6α cleavage, EIF2α phosphorylation and Mcl-1 turnover (FIG. 8B), also consistent with our findings that the ER was not under duress at the time of infection. Collectively, these data indicate that inhibiting the ER stress response in tumour cells leads to a transient stress response we refer to here as “ER preload”. We thus asked whether ER preload is accountable for preconditioning cells to respond differently than naïve cells to subsequent oncolytic virus infection. Thus we chemically induced an ER preload by pulsing cells with the glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin 48 hours before virus infection (FIG. 8C), and found this to also enhance virus-mediated killing. These data are consistent with an ER preload, induced either upon sustained UPR inhibition or ER poisoning, to be requisite for the synthetic lethal phenotype with virus infection.

We wished to identify the mechanism of how ER preload might synergize with a subsequent virus infection to promote tumour cell death. We noted that UPR inhibition had no bearing on viral protein expression (FIG. 8B), and confirmed that it also did not alter any aspect of the virus life cycle (FIG. 10). We thus hypothesized that ER preload might “rewire” cancer cell signaling to initiate apoptosis when subsequently challenged with an oncolytic virus. Indeed, IRE1α knockdown greatly enhanced the kinetics of apoptosis during a viral infection, as measured by the cleavage of PARP as well as members of the caspase cascade (FIG. 8D). Notably, caspase 2 was strongly activated in tumour cells by virus infection only when IRE1α was knocked down (FIG. 8D and FIG. 11). Caspase 2 is an initiator caspase that has been implicated in several stress-mediated apoptotic cascades, such as those emanating from DNA damage¹⁸ as well as ER stress¹⁹. It has been reported that this caspase 2 initiated death pathway remains dormant until unresolved ER stress triggers its activation¹⁹. To examine the relevance of its activation, we knocked it down simultaneously with IRE1α and measured apoptosis following virus infection. Remarkably, caspase 2 knockdown largely rescued the synthetic lethal interaction between IRE1α knockdown and virus infection (FIG. 8E). Together, these data suggest that transient ER preload rewires cancer cells to undergo caspase-2 dependent apoptosis upon virus infection (FIG. 8F).

Chemical Inhibition of IREα Enhances Viral Oncolysis In Vivo

We sought to evaluate the efficacy of pharmacologic ER stress response blockade combined with oncolytic virus therapy in animal models of cancer. To begin, we undertook maximum tolerable dose (MTD) and pharmacokinetic (PK) studies of Compound 2 in CD-1 nude mice. These experiments showed that a single dose of up to 1000 mg/Kg of Compound 2 was tolerated, had a half-life of >6 hours, and had properties consistent with efficient bio-distribution to the extravascular tissues (FIG. 12).

As with many cancers, ovarian carcinoma is difficult to treat clinically due to development of resistance to current therapies²⁰. Thus, to validate our combination therapy approach, we chose a chemoresistant, orthotopic OVCAR-4 xenograft model²¹ that is also refractory to oncolytic virus therapy. OVCAR-4 cells stably expressing firefly luciferase were injected intraperitoneally (IP) into CD-1 nude mice. We monitored tumour growth using in vivo optical imaging, and initiated treatment during the growth phase. To induce ER preconditioning, we treated animals with Compound 2 for three days prior to the first virus injection. Consistent with our findings in cell culture, combination therapy dramatically reduced tumour burden in animal models, an effect that was sustained for >30 days with negligible tumour re-growth (FIG. 13A-B). In contrast, rapid re-growth occurred after an early period of tumour regression using either virus or Compound 2 alone.

As a complement to these experiments in human xenografts, we sought to test this treatment regiment in an immune competent rodent tumour model. In vitro testing determined that the EMT6 breast cancer line, which is particularly resistant to stand-alone rhabdovirus therapy, was significantly sensitized to oncolytic virus killing when pre-treated with Compound 2 (FIG. 13C). Using these cells to generate a tumour model, we confirmed that neither drug nor virus had an appreciable effect on tumour growth as single agents; however, combination therapy significantly reduced tumour burden (FIG. 13D). Notably, when drug treatment was stopped, tumour re-growth occurred even in the presence of continued virus dosing, validating the inter-dependence of the treatment combination. Extending Compound 2 treatment to more than 12 days in combination with virus treatment continued to increase efficacy (FIG. 13E). Taken together, these data demonstrate proof of concept that modulating the ER stress responses can be exploited to enhance oncolytic virus therapy in vivo.

Materials and Methods:

Cell culturing: Human 293T (American Type Tissue Collection (ATCC)), Monkey Vero (ATCC), murine EMT6 (ATCC), human GM38 (National Institute of General Medical Sciences Mutant Cell Repository, Camden, N.J.), human Wi38 primary fibroblast (ATCC) and cell lines from the NCI 60 cell panel (obtained from the Developmental Therapeutics Program, National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Md.)) were propagated in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (Hyclone, Logan, Utah) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (Cansera, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) using standard tissue culture procedures. Normal human astrocytes were propagated in astrocyte media (Sciencecell Research Laboratories) and cultured using standard procedures.

Virus production: Vero cells were plated in 15 cm format, grown to confluence (−2.5×10⁷) and infected with Maraba-WT, Maraba-DM or VSV-WT viruses at MOI 0.1. After 18 h, the virus- containing cell culture media was collected and centrifuged at ˜18,600×g for 1.5 h. The virus pellet was carefully washed and re-suspended in PBS (10 mL), and gently over-layed onto a 20% sucrose solution (1 mL). After ultracentrifugation for 1.5 h (26,900 rpm), the pellet was re-suspended in 15% glucose, aliquoted and stored at −80 deg C.

RNAi screening: An arrayed library of siRNA pools (Dharmacon, Thermo Fisher, USA) was used to target ˜18,500 human genes in OVCAR-8 (ovarian carcinoma), U373 (glioblastoma) or NCI-H226 (non-small cell lung carcinoma) cells. Tumour cells were seeded in 384 well plates (OVCAR-8=1250 cells/well, U373=625 cells/well, NCI-H226=625 cells/well) and allowed to grow for 24 h. Each plate had additional control wells with a non-targeting control siRNA (Dharmacon non-targeting Pool #2) to measure the effect of siRNA transfection on infection, and siRNA targeting PLK-I (Dharmacon) was used to monitor knockdown efficiency. Quadruplicate plate sets were reverse transfected with siRNA (10 nM) using RNAimax (Invitrogen, USA) and incubated for 72 h. From these, duplicate sets of plates were either mock infected or infected with wild type Maraba virus (MOI: OVCAR-8=0.1, U373=0.5, NCI-H226=0.1). Infections were incubated for 48 h (OVCAR-8) or 72 h (U373 and NCI-H226) after which resazurin dye (20 μg/mL) was added to each well, incubated for 6 h and assayed for absorbance (573 nm) to score cell viability.

Data Analysis: Cell viability data from the screens was normalized on a per plate basis using the Median Absolute Deviation (MAD) method (1). Briefly, for each well on the plate, an absolute deviation from the plate median (WAD) was calculated using the formula:

WAD=(well value−plate median excluding controls)

A MAD was calculated for each plate using the formula:

Plate MAD=1.4826* median (WAD)

A MAD score for each gene target (gMAD Score) was calculated as follows:

gMAD Score=average of 2 euplicates (WAD/Plate MAD)

A composite gMAD score for each gene target was derived by subtracting the gMAD scores from the mock-infected screens from infected screens, for each cell line. Gene targets scoring less than −1.85 were considered synthetic lethal hits. Hit lists were derived for each cell line and then compared using VENNY (2) to obtain a final list of hits identified in at least 2 out of the 3 cell lines screened (1008 hits; Table 2). Bioinformatics analysis of the composite hit list was performed using a combination of PANTHER (3), DAVID (4), Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (Ingenuity Systems, USA), and manually curated to identify signaling pathways enriched with hits and to annotate hits for gene function and sub-cellular localization.

RNAi reagents for secondary screening: For all RNAi experiments, the following mRNA sequences were targeted with chemically-synthesized duplexes: IRE1α, 5′-cag cac gga cgt caa gtt tga-3′ (Qiagen) (SEQ ID NO: 3); ATF6α, 5′-cag caa cca att atc agt tta-3′ (Qiagen) (SEQ ID NO: 4); Derlin-1, 5′-tcc cgg cga tca cgc gct att ggt t-3′ (Invitrogen) (SEQ ID NO: 5); Caspase 2 (Dharmacon Smart Pool); Non-targeting (NT) #1, 5′-gca cca tgc ctt tga gct t-3′ (Invitrogen) (SEQ ID NO: 6); NT #2 (Dharmacon NT pool #1). For experiments in FIG. 6, the following sequences were targeted: IRE1α, 5′-ccc tac cta cac ggt gga cat ctt t-3′ (Invitrogen #615) (SEQ ID NO: 7); IRE1α, 5′-gac ctg cgt aaa ttc agg acc tat a-3′ (Invitrogen #847) (SEQ ID NO: 8). All RNAi transfections were performed using RNAimax (Lipofectamine) and left for 72 h before further manipulation. Experiments were done using a [siRNA]=10 nM, except caspase 2 RNAi experiments, which were done at 50 nM.

In vitro cytotoxicity assays with RNAi: Cells were seeded onto 96 well plates to a confluence of ˜50%. The following day, siRNA transfections were performed, and 72 h later the cells were infected at log 10 dilutions with wild type Maraba virus (except for FIG. 5G, which used the indicated viruses). After 48-72 h of infection (depending on the cell line), Resazurin sodium salt (Sigma-Aldrich) was added to a final concentration of 20 μg/ml. After a six-hour incubation, the absorbance was read at a wavelength of 573 nm. To determine “log sensitization”, kill curves were plotted on a log 10/linear graph and EC50 values determined. The log sensitization was calculated by subtracting the EC50 of UPR targeted from non-targeted cell lines, and is represented as log 10 values.

Lentiviral production and rescue experiments: Total RNA was extracted from C2C12 myoblasts using RNeasy technology (Qiagen), and reverse transcribed using random hexamers and Superscript II (Invitrogen). The following primers were used to PCR amplify mouse ATF6α from this cDNA library: Forward, 5′-ggt acc gcg ggc gcg cca tgg agt cgc ctt tta ctc cgg-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 9); Reverse, 5′-ctt gga tcc gcg gcc tac tgc aac gac tca ggg atg-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 10). PCR amplicons were cloned into a pLEX lentiviral vector (Open Bioststems) using the In-Fusion Advantage PCR cloning kit (Clontech). Lentivirus particles were produced by reverse transfecting pDY-ATF6α, pCMV 8.74, and pMD2-G vectors (Fugene-6 transfection reagent, Roche) into 293-T cells. After 72 h, the virus-containing media was removed, passed through a 0.45 μM filter, aliquoted, and frozen at −80 deg C. For rescue experiments, U373 cells were seeded in 6-well format to ˜30% confluence. The following day, lentiviral-containing media was diluted 1:1 with complete media and polybrene was added to a final concentration of 6 μg/mL. Diluted media was added to cells, and plates were spun at 400×g for 1 hour. The following day, siRNA transfections were performed and 72 h later Maraba-WT virus was used to infect the cells. A Resazurin sodium salt cytotoxicity assay was performed 48 h post-infection.

Immunoblotting: Cells were lysed (50 mM Tris-HCl; 150 mM NaCl; 1% Triton X-100; 1% SDS) and protein quantified using the Lowry assay (Bio-Rad). Total cell lysates were prepared in SDS sample buffer, and 5-50 μg of total protein was separated by SDS-PAGE on Bis- Tris gels (ranging from 8-15%) and transferred to nitrocellulose or PVDF membranes. Membranes were probed with primary antibodies diluted in 5% skim milk powder (SMP) or 5% Bovine Serum Albumen (BSA) overnight at 4 deg C., followed by horse radish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies diluted in 5% SMP for 1 h at room temperature. The following primary antibodies were used: rabbit mAb anti-IRE1α (Cell Signaling 14C10); rabbit anti-ATF-6α (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, H-280); rabbit anti-Derlin-1 (Sigma); mouse anti-GAPDH (R&D Systems); rabbit anti-XBP1 (BioLegend, Poly6195); rabbit anti-BIP (Cell signaling); rabbit anti-phospho-EIF2α (Cell signaling); rabbit anti-VSV; rabbit anti-Mcl-1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, S-19); goat anti-human IFN cup α/β R1 (R&D S_(y)stems); rat anti-Caspase-2 (Chemicon, 11B4); rabbit anti-Caspase-3 (Cell Signaling, Asp175); rabbit anti-Caspase-9 (Cell Signaling, human-specific); rabbit anti-PARP (Cell Signaling). Finally, proteins were visualized using SuperSignal West Pico Chemiluminescent Substrate System (Pierce Biotechnology).

Interferon production assay: An indirect “interferon production bioassay” was used to estimate the degree to which our cell lines could produce interferon. The indicated lines were infected with Maraba-Δ51 (MOI 3) to trigger an innate immune response and induce interferon (IFN) production. Eighteen hours later, the interferon-containing media was collected and acid neutralized with 0.25N HCl overnight at 4° C. (to destroy virus particles without affecting interferon cytokines), after which time 0.25 NaOH was added to adjust the pH to 7. In parallel, Vero cells were plated to ˜90% confluence in 96 well format, and the following day incubated with the neutralized media for 24 h prior to infection with Maraba-WT. Interferon secreted from the interrogated cell lines post-Maraba-Δ51 infections would protect the Vero cells from Maraba virus infection, to a degree dependent upon the quantity of interferon produced. After 48 h, survival was quantified using a crystal violet assay (Sigma Aldrich). Briefly, cells were incubated with 1% crystal violet solution, washed, dried, re-suspended in 1% SDS and read at a wavelength of 595 nm.

Interferon responsiveness assay: An indirect “interferon responsive bioassay” was used to estimate the degree to which our cell lines could respond to interferon. PC-3 cells were infected with Maraba-Δ51 (MOI 3) for 18 h to produce interferon, after which time the media was collected and acid neutralized, as described above. The following day, the interferon-containing media was added to the indicated cell lines. Twenty-four hours later, Maraba-WT virus was added at a range of MOIs, and cell viability assays were performed after 48 h of infection. Interferon responsiveness was proportional to the amount of protection conferred by media treatment prior to virus infection.

RT-PCR for XBP1 slicing: Total RNA was extracted from cells using a standard RNeasy spin column kit, as described by the manufacturer (Qiagen). RNA was reverse transcribed to cDNA using Superscript II RT (Invitrogen) following the manufacturer's guidelines. Standard PCR was performed using the following primers: XBP1-F: 5′-cct tgt agt tga gaa cca gg-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 11); XBP1-R; 5′-ggg get tgg tat ata tgt gg-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 12). The PCR products were run out on a 3% agarose gel and visualized with UV imager.

Phase-contrast and fluorescent microscopy: All microscopy was done using a standard dissecting microscope (Nikon SMZ1500). Images were captured using a digital camera (Nikon DXM1200F), and analyzed using computerized software (Nikon ACT software).

Single-step growth curves: U373 cells were seeded into 6-well format at ˜50% confluence, and siRNA transfections were performed the following day. After 72 h, the cells were infected with wild-type Maraba at a multiplicity of infection of 5 pfu/cell for 1 hour. Cells were then washed with PBS and incubated at 37° C. Aliquots (100 μl) were taken at 0, 4, 8, 12, 24, and 48 h time points and titred on Vero cells using a standard plaque assay.

Plaque assays: Vero cells were plated at a density of 5e5 cells per/well of a 6 well dish. The next day, 100 μof serial viral dilutions were prepared and added for 1 hour to Vero cells. After viral adsorption, 2 ml of agarose overlay was added (1:1 1% agarose: 2×DMEM and 20% FCS). Plaques were counted the following day.

Small molecule synthesis: Compounds were synthesized through slight modifications of the methods described in W02008154484. A representative example is given for the synthesis of Compound 2.

Synthesis of Compound 2: A solution of 5.0 g (21.6 mmol) of 5-bromo-2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, 1.81 mL (1.91 g, 23.8 mmol) of methoxymethyl chloride and 7.53 mL (5.59 g) of diisopropylethylamine (43.28 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine was stirred at ambient temperature in 90 mL of dichloromethane for 3 days. The mixture was concentrated and purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a gradient of hexanes/ethyl acetate to supply 5.37 g of 5-bromo-3-methoxy-2-(methoxymethoxy)benzaldehyde. A portion of this material (1.0 g, 3.64 mmol) was combined with (3-carbamoylphenyl)boronic acid (0.731 g, 3.64 mmol), potassium phosphate (0.655 g, 6.18 mmol), Pd₂(dba)₃ (33.3 mg, 0.0364 mmol), tricyclohexylphosphine (24.5 mg, 0.0872 mmol), 1,4-dioxane (12.0 mL), and water (6.0 mL) in a microwave vessel and heated in a microwave apparatus for 30 min at 85 deg C. After cooling, the crude reaction mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite, absorbed on to silica gel and purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with 100% ethyl acetate. Fractions showing product were combined and concentrated to give 1.10 g of pure 3′-formyl-5′-methoxy-4′-(methoxymethoxy)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide. The completion of the synthesis of compound 2 was carried out by dissolving this material in 20 mL tetrahydrofuran and adding 20 mL of 1 N aq. HCl. The mixture was stirred at room temperature under positive nitrogen pressure for 16 h. A yellow precipitate was collected by suction filtration to give, after air drying, the crude product. Trituration using methanol provided 0.59 g of 3′-formyl-4′-hydroxy-5′-methoxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide (Compound 2). Analytical data (proton NMR and low resolution electrospray mass spectrometry) was consistent with pure desired product.

Small molecule screening: U373 cells were plated in 6-well format to a confluence of ˜75%. The following day, candidate small molecules were dissolved in DMSO and added directly to the cell culture media at a range of concentrations. After 2 h, tunicamycin (5 μg/mL) was added, and total RNA was collected 4 h later. RNA extraction and RT-PCR for XBP1 splicing were performed as described above.

In vitro cytotoxicity assays with small molecules: Cells were seeded onto 96 well plates to a confluence of ˜50%. The following day, siRNA transfections were performed, or small-molecule IRE1α inhibition was initiated. For the small-molecules, DMSO was used as a vehicle with a [drug]=20-50 μM. Drug treatment occurred for either 4 h (“acute” treatment), or was re-applied at 24 h and left for 48 h total (“chronic” treatment). Following knockdown or chemical inhibition, the cells were infected at log dilutions with the indicated rhabdoviruses. After 48-72 h of infection (depending on the cell line), Resazurin sodium salt was added to a final concentration of 20 μg/ml. After a 6 h incubation the absorbance was read at a wavelength of 573 nm.

Maximum tolerable dose (MTD) and pharmacokinetic (PK) studies in mice: For MTD studies, groups of three CD-1 nude mice (6-8 weeks old) were given a single intraperitoneal (IP) injection of Compound 2 (in log 2 increments, diluted in 10% Tween-80) ranging from −50-1000 mg/Kg. The animals were monitored twice daily for signs of distress, including weight loss, morbidity, and respiratory distress. For PK studies, groups of three CD-1 nude mice (6-8 weeks old) were given a single IP injection of Compound 2 (250 mg/Kg), and blood was taken from the saphenous vein at the indicated timepoints. The blood was centrifuged at 3,000 rpm for 10 min, and plasma collected and frozen (−80 deg C.). Plasma samples were analyzed for Compound 2 using LC-MS. To 10 μL plasma, 20 μL acetonitrile was added, vortexed briefly and centrifuged at 14,000 rpm for 10 min. The clear supernatant was transferred in to a vial for LC-MS analysis. Chromatographic separations were carried out on an Acquity UPLC BEH C18 (2.1×50 mm, 1.7 pm) column using ACQUITY UPLC system. The mobile phase was 0.1% formic acid in water (solvent A) and 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile (solvent B). A gradient starting at 95% solvent A going to 5% in 4.5 min, holding for 0.5 min, going back to 95% in 0.5 min and equilibrating the column for 1 min was employed. A Waters Xevo QTof MS equipped with an atmospheric pressure ionization source was used for MS analysis. MassLynx 4.1 was used for data analysis. WinNonlin was used to obtain the pharmacokinetic parameters.

Ovarian xenograft model: Human ovarian carcinoma-derived OVCAR-4 cells, adapted for bioluminescent imaging, were injected into 6-8 week old athymic CD-1 nude mice (IP injection, 5×10⁶ cells per mouse). Untreated animals develop measurable abdominal tumours (assessed by IVIS imaging) by 4-7 days, become icteric by 3-4 months and must be euthanized shortly thereafter due to systemic disease as characterized by enlarged cancerous liver and spleen, pale kidneys, and cancerous lymph nodes on the abdominal mesentery. For efficacy experiments, Compound 2 (250 mg/kg; or vehicle (10% Tween-80)) was administered twice daily (IP injections), beginning on day 14 and ending on day 19. Maraba-DM (1×10⁵ pfu per cell) or PBS was injected IV (tail vein) on day 16, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27. Animals were monitored daily for weight loss, morbidity, hind leg paralysis and respiratory distress. Tumour images were captured twice weekly with a Xenogen 200 IVIS system (Caliper LS, USA), and total luminescent flux was analyzed on computerized software (Xenogen).

EMT6 syngeneic breast cancer models: Murine EMT6 breast cancer-derived cells (1×10⁵ per mouse) were adapted for bioluminescent imaging and injected into the fat pad of the right lower breast in 6-8 week old Balb/c mice. Mice developed palpable tumours by 5-7 days, which grew rapidly. At 7 days post-tumour implants, mice were treated with Compound 2 (250 mg/kg, IP) or vehicle, twice daily, for six days. Maraba-DM (1×10⁷ pfu per cell) or PBS was injected IV (tail vein) on day 10, 11, 13, 16, and 17. Animals were monitored daily for piloerection, weight loss, morbidity, hind leg paralysis and respiratory distress. Tumour images were captured twice weekly using a Xenogen 200 IVIS system (Caliper LS, USA), and total luminescent flux was analyzed on computerized software (Xenogen). Mice were euthanized when the total flux exceeded 1×10⁷, which corresponded to a tumour burden of ˜500 mm³ and occurred between 14-17 days in untreated animals.

Statistical analyses: For all statistical analyses except survival curves, one- and two-way ANOVAs were performed followed by a Bonferroni multiple comparison's post-hoc test to derive P values (GraphPad Prism). For survival curves, Mantel-Cox Log rank analysis was used to compare plots (GraphPad Prism).

TABLE 2 Composite list of synthetic lethal hits derived from 3 tumour cell lines ENTREZ GENE COMPOSITE MAD SCORE GENEID GENE NAME SYMBOL OVCAR8 U373 NCIH226 55016 MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED RING FINGER (C3HC4) 1 38776 −2.41151 −4.10084 10801 SEPTIN 9 38968 −2.13128 −3.66817 −2.86592 346288 FLJ44060 PROTEIN 38973 −5.54837 −3.0341 51166 AMINOADIPATE AMINOTRANSFERASE AADAT −2.49835 −2.95805 22848 AP2 ASSOCIATED KINASE 1 AAK1 −2.77645 −2.01405 14 ANGIO-ASSOCIATED, MIGRATORY CELL PROTEIN AAMP −3.11061 −2.60732 −2.15765 15 ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE AANAT −1.95955 −2.41831 60496 DKFZP566E2346 PROTEIN AASDHPPT −2.16412 −2.38839 23456 ATP-BINDING CASSETTE, SUB-FAMILY B (MDR/TAP), MEMBER 10 ABCB10 −2.45154 −2.10888 −2.11658 6833 ATP-BINDING CASSETTE, SUB-FAMILY C (CFTR/MRP), MEMBER 8 ABCC8 −2.20353 −1.96417 64137 ATP-BINDING CASSETTE, SUB-FAMILY G (WHITE), MEMBER 4 ABCG4 −2.13289 −2.17044 80325 ANKYRIN REPEAT AND BTB (POZ) DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 ABTB1 −2.29777 −2.27845 −1.93118 65057 ADRENOCORTICAL DYSPLASIA HOMOLOG (MOUSE) ACD −3.49186 −4.48169 130013 AMINOCARBOXYMUCONATE SEMIALDEHYDE DECARBOXYLASE ACMSD −3.479 −3.14302 −2.42407 134526 ACYL-COA THIOESTERASE 12 ACOT12 −1.99657 −3.33543 8309 ACYL-COENZYME A OXIDASE 2, BRANCHED CHAIN ACOX2 −3.07964 −3.9036 −3.83209 55289 ACYL-COENZYME A OXIDASE-LIKE ACOXL −2.18631 −2.45197 10121 ARP1 ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 1 HOMOLOG A, CENTRACTIN ALPHA ACTR1A −3.02305 −3.39827 −4.92131 (YEAST) 8747 ADAM METALLOPEPTIDASE DOMAIN 21 ADAM21 −1.93391 −4.53126 −2.64672 80070 ADAM METALLOPEPTIDASE WITH THROMBOSPONDIN TYPE 1 MOTIF, 20 ADAMTS20 −2.21441 −1.90698 23536 ADENOSINE DEAMINASE, TRNA-SPECIFIC 1 ADAT1 −1.93515 −2.22345 107 ADENYLATE CYCLASE 1 (BRAIN) ADCY1 −2.87709 −2.5232 111 ADENYLATE CYCLASE 5 ADCY5 −2.69979 −2.68721 123 ADIPOSE DIFFERENTIATION-RELATED PROTEIN ADFP −5.03679 −2.31512 −2.44941 133 ADRENOMEDULLIN ADM −2.40943 −2.44641 84890 CHROMOSOME 10 OPEN READING FRAME 22 ADO −3.38911 −4.48099 140 ADENOSINE A3 RECEPTOR ADORA3 −2.5352 −2.76387 173 AFAMIN AFM −2.2435 −2.28448 10598 AHA1, ACTIVATOR OF HEAT SHOCK 90 KDA PROTEIN ATPASE AHSA1 −2.88922 −3.59496 −2.99421 HOMOLOG 1 (YEAST) 326 AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR (AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY AIRE −2.20195 −3.22496 CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY) 8852 A KINASE (PRKA) ANCHOR PROTEIN 4 AKAP4 −2.04143 −2.57289 6718 ALDO-KETO REDUCTASE FAMILY 1, MEMBER D1 (DELTA 4-3- AKR1D1 −2.07303 −4.60704 KETOSTEROID-5-BETA-REDUCTASE) 80216 KIAA1527 PROTEIN ALPK1 −1.95916 −3.47659 151254 AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 2 (JUVENILE) CHROMOSOME ALS2CR11 −4.75935 −2.53681 −2.40034 REGION, CANDIDATE 11 258 AMELOBLASTIN, ENAMEL MATRIX PROTEIN AMBN −3.16187 −2.15822 348094 ANKYRIN REPEAT AND DEATH DOMAIN CONTAINING 1A ANKDD1A −2.00511 −1.87831 81573 ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN 13C ANKRD13C −2.89415 −2.23827 84250 ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN 32 ANKRD32 −2.60824 −3.37461 375248 ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAIN 36 ANKRD36 −2.80648 −2.14125 65124 CHROMOSOME 2 OPEN READING FRAME 26 ANKRD57 −2.19538 −2.57045 307 ANNEXIN A4 ANXA4 −2.47948 −2.7168 164 ADAPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN COMPLEX 1, GAMMA 1 SUBUNIT AP1G1 −2.98113 −3.03354 160 ADAPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN COMPLEX 2, ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT AP2A1 −2.0658 −4.29449 −2.4135 161 ADAPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN COMPLEX 2, ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT AP2A2 −2.29654 −3.52961 11154 ADAPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN COMPLEX 4, SIGMA 1 SUBUNIT AP4S1 −2.43482 −3.22071 −3.08222 147495 ADENOMATOSIS POLYPOSIS COLI DOWN-REGULATED 1 APCDD1 −3.70917 −3.66013 8539 APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR 5 API5 −2.95141 −2.25814 351 AMYLOID BETA (A4) PRECURSOR PROTEIN (PEPTIDASE NEXIN-II, APP −2.21138 −2.30784 −2.14111 ALZHEIMER DISEASE) 361 AQUAPORIN 4 AQP4 −1.99469 −4.23735 27236 ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 (ARFAPTIN 1) ARFIP1 −4.11551 −2.80184 −1.9262 392 RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1 ARHGAP1 −2.91216 −2.5815 55843 RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 15 ARHGAP15 −1.97386 −2.25784 84986 RHO GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 19 ARHGAP19 −2.63195 −2.99612 9138 RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR (GEF) 1 ARHGEF1 −3.08806 −5.5479 −4.87465 340485 N-ACYLSPHINGOSINE AMIDOHYDROLASE 3-LIKE ASAH3L −2.97451 −3.77336 −2.38993 79827 ADIPOCYTE-SPECIFIC ADHESION MOLECULE ASAM −2.0148 −2.78807 430 ACHAETE-SCUTE COMPLEX-LIKE 2 (DROSOPHILA) ASCL2 −2.22619 −2.21252 −1.90579 79058 ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA CHROMOSOME REGION, CANDIDATE 1 ASPSCR1 −2.00368 −2.08419 22926 ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6 ATF6 −2.79393 −2.93049 491 ATPASE, CA++ TRANSPORTING, PLASMA MEMBRANE 2 ATP2B2 −2.37995 −2.62897 27032 ATPASE, CA++ TRANSPORTING, TYPE 2C, MEMBER 1 ATP2C1 −2.66675 −2.55357 −3.33098 27109 ATP SYNTHASE, H+ TRANSPORTING, MITOCHONDRIAL F0 COMPLEX, ATP5S −2.94141 −2.00102 SUBUNIT S (FACTOR B) 79895 ATPASE, CLASS I, TYPE 8B, MEMBER 4 ATP8B4 −2.32716 −1.96282 11273 ATAXIN 2-LIKE ATXN2L −2.16286 −2.90014 −3.3262 9212 AURORA KINASE B AURKB −2.13449 −1.86738 10677 ADVILLIN AVIL −2.41928 −2.9485 553 ARGININE VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1B AVPR1B −1.90893 −2.64188 64651 AXIN1 UP-REGULATED 1 AXUD1 −2.62194 −2.01919 8708 UDP-GAL:BETAGLCNAC BETA 1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE, B3GALT1 −1.87025 −2.13837 POLYPEPTIDE 1 8707 UDP-GAL:BETAGLCNAC BETA 1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE, B3GALT2 −2.49262 −2.78836 POLYPEPTIDE 2 11285 XYLOSYLPROTEIN BETA 1,4-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE, B4GALT7 −3.46031 −3.70379 POLYPEPTIDE 7 (GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE I) 54971 BTG3 ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR PROTEIN BANP −4.91691 −3.03484 55212 BARDET-BIEDL SYNDROME 7 BBS7 −3.48742 −1.98035 64919 B-CELL CLL/LYMPHOMA 11B (ZINC FINGER PROTEIN) BCL11B −2.28374 −2.3214 602 B-CELL CLL/LYMPHOMA 3 BCL3 −2.09542 −1.86381 255877 B-CELL CLL/LYMPHOMA 6, MEMBER B (ZINC FINGER PROTEIN) BCL6B −2.32078 −2.67158 605 B-CELL CLL/LYMPHOMA 7A BCL7A −3.31142 −2.31437 331 BACULOVIRAL IAP REPEAT-CONTAINING 4 BIRC4 −2.8144 −2.34593 652 BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4 BMP4 −2.51609 −2.03764 −2.64151 23246 BLOCK OF PROLIFERATION 1 BOP1 −2.4163 −2.84961 6046 BROMODOMAIN CONTAINING 2 BRD2 −3.70807 −2.19798 56853 BRUNO-LIKE 4, RNA BINDING PROTEIN (DROSOPHILA) BRUNOL4 −2.38575 −3.7975 −3.28405 138151 BTB (POZ) DOMAIN CONTAINING 14A BTBD14A −5.42149 −4.98281 −4.37291 7832 BTG FAMILY, MEMBER 2 BTG2 −2.26701 −2.9354 221060 CHROMOSOME 10 OPEN READING FRAME 111 C10ORF111 −3.52161 −2.1038 55088 CHROMOSOME 10 OPEN READING FRAME 118 C10ORF118 −2.14738 −2.08959 143384 CHROMOSOME 10 OPEN READING FRAME 46 C10ORF46 −2.05153 −2.51401 79741 CHROMOSOME 10 OPEN READING FRAME 68 C10ORF68 −2.00775 −2.09128 79946 CHROMOSOME 10 OPEN READING FRAME 95 C10ORF95 −4.25451 −2.45897 79081 CHROMOSOME 11 OPEN READING FRAME 48 C11ORF48 −6.50729 −3.88765 84067 CHROMOSOME 11 OPEN READING FRAME 56 C11ORF56 −4.29459 −2.6957 −4.52064 745 CHROMOSOME 11 OPEN READING FRAME 9 C11ORF9 −4.1401 −2.58869 283416 CHROMOSOME 12 OPEN READING FRAME 61 C12ORF61 −2.30163 −1.9713 −2.30156 221150 CHROMOSOME 13 OPEN READING FRAME 3 C13ORF3 −3.40649 −4.80828 55668 CHROMOSOME 14 OPEN READING FRAME 118 C14ORF118 −2.21825 −2.63428 64430 CHROMOSOME 14 OPEN READING FRAME 135 C14ORF135 −2.08351 −1.97923 54675 CHROMOSOME 20 OPEN READING FRAME 155 CRLS1 −5.73605 −2.74203 1414 CRYSTALLIN, BETA B1 CRYBB1 −3.42872 −2.10112 1429 CRYSTALLIN, ZETA (QUINONE REDUCTASE) CRYZ −2.52933 −3.09796 −2.20554 8531 COLD SHOCK DOMAIN PROTEIN A CSDA −2.30656 −5.08058 −2.30271 1437 COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 2 (GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE) CSF2 −3.23829 −2.10723 1452 CASEIN KINASE 1, ALPHA 1 CSNK1A1 −2.31878 −2.18873 122011 CASEIN KINASE 1, ALPHA 1-LIKE CSNK1A1L −1.85463 −1.90398 1485 CANCER/TESTIS ANTIGEN 1B CTAG1B −2.16637 −1.86576 56474 CTP SYNTHASE II CTPS2 −2.45539 −2.23267 −2.90417 1519 CATHEPSIN O CTSO −2.81322 −3.55489 55917 CTTNBP2 N-TERMINAL LIKE CTTNBP2NL −2.69729 −2.50301 2919 CHEMOKINE (C—X—C MOTIF) LIGAND 1 (MELANOMA GROWTH CXCL1 −2.43419 −3.48441 STIMULATING ACTIVITY, ALPHA) 80319 CXXC FINGER 4 CXXC4 −3.34186 −3.9532 1588 CYTOCHROME P450, FAMILY 19, SUBFAMILY A, POLYPEPTIDE 1 CYP19A1 −2.68268 −2.25115 −2.76115 51302 CYTOCHROME P450, FAMILY 39, SUBFAMILY A, POLYPEPTIDE 1 CYP39A1 −2.56803 −1.99217 284541 CYTOCHROME P450, FAMILY 4, SUBFAMILY A, POLYPEPTIDE 22 CYP4A22 −3.73785 −3.26585 27351 DNA SEGMENT, CHR 15, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 75, EXPRESSED D15WSU75E −2.14509 −1.88014 2532 DUFFY BLOOD GROUP, CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR DARC −2.71008 −4.47006 440097 DEVELOPING BRAIN HOMEOBOX 2 DBX2 −4.3273 −3.66309 1632 DODECENOYL-COENZYME A DELTA ISOMERASE (3,2 TRANS-ENOYL- DCI −2.35369 −1.99944 COENZYME A ISOMERASE) 9201 DOUBLECORTIN AND CAM KINASE-LIKE 1 DCLK1 −2.5543 −2.68774 64421 DNA CROSS-LINK REPAIR 1C (PSO2 HOMOLOG, S. CEREVISIAE) DCLRE1C −1.96141 −2.11474 1638 DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE (DOPACHROME DELTA-ISOMERASE, DCT −2.41936 −2.71413 TYROSINE-RELATED PROTEIN 2) 55208 DCN1, DEFECTIVE IN CULLIN NEDDYLATION 1, DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 DCUN1D2 −1.93227 −1.90673 (S. CEREVISIAE) 80821 DDHD DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 DDHD1 −2.0493 −2.87835 84301 DDI1, DNA-DAMAGE INDUCIBLE 1, HOMOLOG 2 (S. CEREVISIAE) DDI2 −4.31245 −2.95685 −3.83909 55510 DEAD (ASP-GLU-ALA-ASP) BOX POLYPEPTIDE 43 DDX43 −2.24216 −3.00093 10522 DEFORMED EPIDERMAL AUTOREGULATORY FACTOR 1 (DROSOPHILA) DEAF1 −2.17474 −1.91778 1668 DEFENSIN, ALPHA 1 DEFA3 −4.79547 −2.23812 414325 DEFENSIN, BETA 103B DEFB103B −3.21911 −1.92634 140850 DEFENSIN, BETA 127 DEFB127 −2.55821 −2.07617 8560 DEGENERATIVE SPERMATOCYTE HOMOLOG 1, LIPID DESATURASE DEGS1 −2.11252 −3.53413 (DROSOPHILA) 79139 DER1-LIKE DOMAIN FAMILY, MEMBER 1 DERL1 −2.3016 −1.87201 51009 DER1-LIKE DOMAIN FAMILY, MEMBER 2 DERL2 −3.0246 −1.95458 1676 DNA FRAGMENTATION FACTOR, 45 KDA, ALPHA POLYPEPTIDE DFFA −2.81706 −4.22012 −3.21915 1677 DNA FRAGMENTATION FACTOR, 40 KDA, BETA POLYPEPTIDE DFFB −2.12535 −3.3819 (CASPASE-ACTIVATED DNASE) 85359 DIGEORGE SYNDROME CRITICAL REGION GENE 6-LIKE DGCR6L −3.38017 −2.23632 8526 DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE, EPSILON 64 KDA DGKE −3.20331 −2.93058 27294 DIHYDRODIOL DEHYDROGENASE (DIMERIC) DHDH −2.3481 −2.28125 23181 DIP2 DISCO-INTERACTING PROTEIN 2 HOMOLOG A (DROSOPHILA) DIP2A −2.18537 −2.41581 −2.37741 27123 DICKKOPF HOMOLOG 2 (XENOPUS LAEVIS) DKK2 −3.65488 −2.91351 9231 DISCS, LARGE HOMOLOG 5 (DROSOPHILA) DLG5 −2.197 −2.7603 1750 DISTAL-LESS HOMEOBOX 6 DLX6 −1.86594 −2.43545 55567 DYNEIN, AXONEMAL, HEAVY POLYPEPTIDE 3 DNAH3 −2.27884 −2.05462 1769 DYNEIN, AXONEMAL, HEAVY POLYPEPTIDE 8 DNAH8 −2.05019 −3.08662 85479 DNAJ (HSP40) HOMOLOG, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 5 BETA DNAJC5B −3.74895 −2.7117 144132 DYNEIN HEAVY CHAIN DOMAIN 1 DNHD1 −1.86308 −1.85855 57572 DEDICATOR OF CYTOKINESIS 6 DOCK6 −2.50006 −2.61583 1797 DOM-3 HOMOLOG Z (C. ELEGANS) DOM3Z −2.77576 −1.97913 84444 DOTI-LIKE, HISTONE H3 METHYLTRANSFERASE (S. CEREVISIAE) DOT1L −3.22467 −2.39116 1801 DPH1 HOMOLOG (S. CEREVISIAE) DPH1 −2.78644 −3.04536 −2.96731 54344 DOLICHYL-PHOSPHATE MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE POLYPEPTIDE 3 DPM3 −2.62437 −2.25698 340168 DEVELOPMENTAL PLURIPOTENCY ASSOCIATED 5 DPPA5 −4.16294 −2.28648 −2.10864 1807 DIHYDROPYRIMIDINASE DPYS −1.99033 −4.15073 1812 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR D1 DRD1 −2.6749 −1.91894 −2.65582 1814 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR D3 DRD3 −4.81514 −3.38421 1826 DOWN SYNDROME CELL ADHESION MOLECULE DSCAM −1.8794 −2.99691 1828 DESMOGLEIN 1 DSG1 −1.86862 −3.18021 1832 DESMOPLAKIN DSP −4.3071 −2.18346 80824 DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 16 DUSP16 −2.10263 −2.55858 63904 DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 21 DUSP21 −3.15806 −2.5002 84332 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC16186 DYDC2 −2.38669 −2.35023 1783 DYNEIN, CYTOPLASMIC 1, LIGHT INTERMEDIATE CHAIN 2 DYNC1LI2 −4.31596 −2.06078 1859 DUAL-SPECIFICITY TYROSINE-(Y)-PHOSPHORYLATION REGULATED DYRK1A −2.69878 −3.14822 −1.97728 KINASE 1A 1877 E4F TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 E4F1 −2.17668 −2.6409 1889 ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME 1 ECE1 −2.5034 −2.16589 79746 ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE DOMAIN CONTAINING 3 ECHDC3 −3.73688 −4.15934 112399 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ21620 EGLN3 −2.76447 −4.40225 126272 EID-2-LIKE INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION-3 EID2B −3.34573 −2.33512 −2.44539 440275 EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 2 ALPHA KINASE 4 EIF2AK4 −4.47732 −3.08146 7458 WILLIAMS-BEUREN SYNDROME CHROMOSOME REGION 1 EIF4H −3.13161 −4.5717 −2.33113 23436 ELASTASE 3A, PANCREATIC ELA3B −2.87901 −2.22243 114794 KIAA1904 PROTEIN ELFN2 −3.93848 −3.94671 10436 EMG1 NUCLEOLAR PROTEIN HOMOLOG (S. CEREVISIAE) EMG1 −4.78692 −4.19447 2009 ECHINODERM MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 1 EML1 −4.52565 −2.91035 27436 ECHINODERM MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 4 EML4 −3.38095 −1.99126 9941 ENDONUCLEASE G-LIKE 1 ENDOGL1 −2.34432 −1.91204 −2.4438 55068 PROLIFERATION-INDUCING PROTEIN 38 ENOX1 −3.15056 −5.20001 −2.74843 339221 ECTONUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHATASE/PHOSPHODIESTERASE 7 ENPP7 −3.43628 −1.85947 957 ECTONUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE DIPHOSPHOHYDROLASE 5 ENTPD5 −5.07624 −3.65826 56943 ENHANCER OF YELLOW 2 HOMOLOG (DROSOPHILA) ENY2 −1.94151 −2.25661 2034 ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN PROTEIN 1 EPAS1 −2.32691 −3.32114 −2.88588 54566 ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN BAND 4.1 LIKE 4B EPB41L4B −2.20157 −3.22323 2044 EPH RECEPTOR A5 EPHA5 −4.13072 −4.98528 −5.66157 55040 EPSIN 3 EPN3 −2.50122 −2.18479 2057 ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR EPOR −1.96407 −2.89036 −2.10795 2067 EXCISION REPAIR CROSS-COMPLEMENTING RODENT REPAIR ERCC1 −3.30242 −3.35171 DEFICIENCY, COMPLEMENTATION GROUP 1 (INCLUDES OVERLAPPING ANTISENSE SEQUENCE) 2068 EXCISION REPAIR CROSS-COMPLEMENTING RODENT REPAIR ERCC2 −2.87085 −3.83979 DEFICIENCY, COMPLEMENTATION GROUP 2 (XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM D) 2081 ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM TO NUCLEUS SIGNALLING 1 ERN1 −3.26923 −2.48179 345062 EPIDERMIS-SPECIFIC SERINE PROTEASE-LIKE PROTEIN ESSPL −2.38312 −2.17637 2128 EVE, EVEN-SKIPPED HOMEOBOX HOMOLOG 1 (DROSOPHILA) EVX1 −2.94372 −3.14417 2153 COAGULATION FACTOR V (PROACCELERIN, LABILE FACTOR) F5 −3.25947 −3.02546 2172 FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 6, ILEAL (GASTROTROPIN) FABP6 −4.08486 −3.59984 −1.94519 3992 FATTY ACID DESATURASE 1 FADS1 −4.03858 −3.83463 151313 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN DKFZP434N062 FAHD2B −3.11705 −3.22452 −2.59929 9747 KIAA0738 GENE PRODUCT FAM115A −3.84046 −2.7195 −2.45971 81558 C/EBP-INDUCED PROTEIN FAM117A −4.43236 −2.04035 54855 FAMILY WITH SEQUENCE SIMILARITY 46, MEMBER C FAM46C −2.81984 −2.89087 442444 SIMILAR TO HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ35782 FAM47C −2.36742 −2.31443 −1.86826 113115 FAMILY WITH SEQUENCE SIMILARITY 54, MEMBER A FAM54A −2.3527 −1.94078 91775 FAMILY WITH SEQUENCE SIMILARITY 55, MEMBER C FAM55C −1.90321 −1.90662 149297 FAMILY WITH SEQUENCE SIMILARITY 78, MEMBER B FAM78B −5.19784 −2.27141 2177 FANCONI ANEMIA, COMPLEMENTATION GROUP D2 FANCD2 −2.59596 −2.19731 2191 FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN, ALPHA FAP −1.90529 −2.09759 10160 FERM, RHOGEF (ARHGEF) AND PLECKSTRIN DOMAIN PROTEIN 1 FARP1 −2.25154 −2.07884 (CHONDROCYTE-DERIVED) 2196 FAT TUMOR SUPPRESSOR HOMOLOG 2 (DROSOPHILA) FAT2 −1.92073 −2.64341 54751 FILAMIN BINDING LIM PROTEIN 1 FBLIM1 −2.35839 −2.6936 129804 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ37440 FBLN7 −2.02407 −2.19875 22992 F-BOX AND LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEIN 11 FBXL11 −2.33502 −3.60892 54620 F-BOX AND LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEIN 19 FBXL19 −2.29513 −2.27125 126433 F-BOX PROTEIN 27 FBXO27 −2.11258 −2.49207 26259 F-BOX AND WD-40 DOMAIN PROTEIN 8 FBXW8 −2.80401 −2.13207 83953 FC RECEPTOR, IGA, IGM, HIGH AFFINITY FCAMR −4.09839 −1.9096 −2.07656 9103 FC FRAGMENT OF IGG, LOW AFFINITY IIC, RECEPTOR FOR (CD32) FCGR2C −2.48481 −2.28736 2865 FREE FATTY ACID RECEPTOR 3 FFAR3 −3.5176 −2.17937 9457 FOUR AND A HALF LIM DOMAINS 5 FHL5 −3.72762 −2.80553 2307 FORKHEAD-LIKE 18 (DROSOPHILA) FKHL18 −2.99411 −3.40374 388939 SIMILAR TO CDNA SEQUENCE BC027072 FLJ34931 −3.78588 −2.21798 222183 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ37078 FLJ37078 −2.99604 −2.8664 643853 SIMILAR TO F40B5.2B FLJ45032 −2.2066 −2.91152 440107 FLJ46688 PROTEIN FLJ46688 −2.94624 −2.03724 23769 FIBRONECTIN LEUCINE RICH TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 1 FLRT1 −3.78841 −2.82884 2324 FMS-RELATED TYROSINE KINASE 4 FLT4 −1.93582 −2.52564 2348 FOLATE RECEPTOR 1 (ADULT) FOLR1 −1.87156 −4.52012 2350 FOLATE RECEPTOR 2 (FETAL) FOLR2 −2.22889 −3.43517 442425 SIMILAR TO FOXB2 PROTEIN FOXB2 −3.4805 −2.17358 22887 FORKHEAD BOX J3 FOXJ3 −3.34354 −1.97325 93986 TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT CONTAINING 10 FOXP2 −3.44945 −2.52173 −2.81991 2487 FRIZZLED-RELATED PROTEIN FRZB −2.18499 −1.93131 2492 FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR FSHR −3.11704 −2.88641 −3.92828 10468 FOLLISTATIN FST −4.64815 −2.97286 −4.3585 2528 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 6 (ALPHA (1,3) FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE) FUT6 −2.28549 −2.97626 2533 FYN BINDING PROTEIN (FYB-120/130) FYB −1.97259 −2.54165 2535 FRIZZLED HOMOLOG 2 (DROSOPHILA) FZD2 −1.89392 −2.92839 139716 GRB2-ASSOCIATED BINDING PROTEIN 3 GAB3 −4.11116 −2.31614 2562 GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA) A RECEPTOR, BETA 3 GABRB3 −2.5385 −2.00785 130589 GALACTOSE MUTAROTASE (ALDOSE 1-EPIMERASE) GALM −2.21926 −2.53267 2588 GALACTOSAMINE (N-ACETYL)-6-SULFATE SULFATASE (MORQUIO GALNS −2.64464 −1.87302 SYNDROME, MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE IVA) 51809 UDP-N-ACETYL-ALPHA-D-GALACTOSAMINE:POLYPEPTIDE N- GALNT7 −2.28686 −2.24023 ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE 7 (GALNAC-T7) 117248 UDP-N-ACETYL-ALPHA-D-GALACTOSAMINE:POLYPEPTIDE N- GALNTL2 −3.01111 −2.98456 −3.25224 ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE-LIKE 2 8522 GROWTH ARREST-SPECIFIC 7 GAS7 −2.53612 −2.54686 −3.13161 115361 GUANYLATE BINDING PROTEIN 4 GBP4 −2.68608 −2.62916 9247 GLIAL CELLS MISSING HOMOLOG 2 (DROSOPHILA) GCM2 −4.05623 −1.99879 151449 GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 7 GDF7 −3.36855 −1.93765 −2.16948 2664 GDP DISSOCIATION INHIBITOR 1 GDI1 −2.87815 −3.44471 −3.453 199720 GAMETOGENETIN GGN −3.75431 −2.10603 −3.11222 2693 GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR GHSR −1.87572 −2.68113 54826 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ20125 GIN1 −3.47563 −3.9474 169792 GLIS FAMILY ZINC FINGER 3 GLIS3 −2.8858 −2.03553 −1.9006 9340 GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 2 RECEPTOR GLP2R −2.76923 −3.31118 −2.45118 2752 GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE (GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE) GLUL −1.9631 −1.86752 2769 GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN (G PROTEIN), ALPHA 15 (GQ GNA15 −2.40069 −2.58242 CLASS) 2778 GNAS COMPLEX LOCUS GNAS −3.95239 −3.13278 −3.19362 2781 GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN (G PROTEIN), ALPHA Z GNAZ −4.24008 −2.58879 −3.72885 POLYPEPTIDE 2787 GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN (G PROTEIN), GAMMA 5 GNG5 −3.99978 −3.03387 2794 GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE 1 GNL1 −3.26378 −2.57438 55638 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ20366 GOLSYN −1.91757 −2.45471 54856 GON-4-LIKE (C. ELEGANS) GON4L −2.56712 −3.21962 64689 GOLGI REASSEMBLY STACKING PROTEIN 1, 65 KDA GORASP1 −2.65971 −3.85635 8733 GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHOR ATTACHMENT PROTEIN 1 GPAA1 −4.74693 −2.20232 HOMOLOG (YEAST) 2239 GLYPICAN 4 GPC4 −3.67898 −2.66778 56927 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 108 GPR108 −3.65187 −1.91374 266977 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ22684 GPR110 −3.10349 −3.28571 283383 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 133 GPR133 −2.62395 −1.87835 124274 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 139 GPR139 −2.32763 −3.7658 353345 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 141 GPR141 −3.53403 −1.94583 4935 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 143 GPR143 −1.98133 −2.81368 57512 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 158 GPR158 −4.59117 −2.00912 79581 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 172A GPR172A −2.67151 −1.9873 2866 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 42 GPR42 −3.58878 −2.52295 −2.31642 10149 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 64 GPR64 −2.88228 −2.33642 8111 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR 68 GPR68 −4.6542 −2.79728 114928 G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED SORTING PROTEIN 2 GPRASP2 −2.59236 −2.06134 26086 G-PROTEIN SIGNALLING MODULATOR 1 (AGS3-LIKE, C. ELEGANS) GPSM1 −2.96143 −2.5368 23708 G1 TO S PHASE TRANSITION 2 GSPT2 −2.08666 −2.49344 79807 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ13273 GSTCD −1.94122 −1.85446 9328 GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIC, POLYPEPTIDE 5, 63 KDA GTF3C5 −3.29436 −2.28714 −2.33891 474382 H2A HISTONE FAMILY, MEMBER B3 H2AFB3 −3.11566 −2.0306 3066 HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2 HDAC2 −1.85138 −3.34838 −2.95007 8841 HISTONE DEACETYLASE 3 HDAC3 −2.55243 −2.05805 3067 HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE HDC −2.17027 −2.3297 25831 HECT DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 HECTD1 −2.9087 −1.91184 57520 HECT, C2 AND WW DOMAIN CONTAINING E3 UBIQUITIN PROTEIN HECW2 −4.96002 −2.65557 LIGASE 2 220296 HEPATOCYTE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE HEPN1 −2.35488 −2.28112 64399 HEDGEHOG INTERACTING PROTEIN HHIP −3.09954 −2.78448 3090 HYPERMETHYLATED IN CANCER 1 HIC1 −5.18038 −4.25796 −2.45575 192286 HIG1 DOMAIN FAMILY, MEMBER 2A HIGD2A −2.01104 −3.8801 8342 HISTONE 1, H2BM HIST1H2BM −3.01447 −2.34978 8352 HISTONE 1, H3A HIST1H3J −2.26906 −2.2589 −2.45454 3118 MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, CLASS II, DQ ALPHA 1 HLA- −2.70344 −1.96681 DQA2 3127 MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, CLASS II, DR BETA 1 HLA- −1.96407 −3.55599 DRB5 3145 HYDROXYMETHYLBILANE SYNTHASE HMBS −2.61436 −2.74885 −1.98454 10473 HIGH MOBILITY GROUP NUCLEOSOMAL BINDING DOMAIN 4 HMGN4 −1.85907 −2.09832 10949 HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN A0 HNRNPA0 −2.18951 −2.89115 9455 HOMER HOMOLOG 2 (DROSOPHILA) HOMER2 −3.9976 −2.6051 3206 HOMEOBOX A10 HOXA10 −1.86466 −3.79496 −3.24011 3219 HOMEOBOX B9 HOXB9 −2.23595 −2.86036 3238 HOMEOBOX D12 HOXD12 −3.21087 −2.52466 3248 HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE 15-(NAD) HPGD −1.86577 −2.55677 54979 HRAS-LIKE SUPPRESSOR 2 HRASLS2 −3.15182 −1.89794 117245 HRAS-LIKE SUPPRESSOR FAMILY, MEMBER 5 HRASLS5 −3.33291 −3.60836 3273 HISTIDINE-RICH GLYCOPROTEIN HRG −3.18723 −3.4721 −2.06195 64342 HS1-BINDING PROTEIN 3 HS1BP3 −2.96461 −3.11986 −2.4583 90161 HEPARAN SULFATE 6-O-SULFOTRANSFERASE 2 HS6ST2 −2.77556 −2.84445 345275 HYDROXYSTEROID (17-BETA) DEHYDROGENASE 13 HSD17B13 −2.00983 −2.12285 3294 HYDROXYSTEROID (17-BETA) DEHYDROGENASE 2 HSD17B2 −4.49553 −3.43069 8630 HYDROXYSTEROID (17-BETA) DEHYDROGENASE 6 HSD17B6 −3.46952 −2.23407 −3.31334 3356 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE (SEROTONIN) RECEPTOR 2A HTR2A −2.29234 −3.52702 23463 ISOPRENYLCYSTEINE CARBOXYL METHYLTRANSFERASE ICMT −3.03314 −2.30793 51278 IMMEDIATE EARLY RESPONSE 5 IER5 −1.91326 −2.78467 439996 INTERFERON-INDUCED PROTEIN WITH TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEATS IFIT1L −2.40962 −2.43055 1-LIKE 3446 INTERFERON, ALPHA 10 IFNA10 −5.85688 −3.18894 3456 INTERFERON, BETA 1, FIBROBLAST IFNB1 −2.97838 −2.04472 26160 INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT 172 HOMOLOG (CHLAMYDOMONAS) IFT172 −2.03712 −2.47326 3488 INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 5 IGFBP5 −2.5889 −2.46803 3489 INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 6 IGFBP6 −1.98094 −2.28982 9641 INHIBITOR OF KAPPA LIGHT POLYPEPTIDE GENE ENHANCER IN B- IKBKE −2.71769 −4.20239 CELLS, KINASE EPSILON 64375 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN, SUBFAMILY 1A, 4 (EOS) IKZF4 −4.50915 −3.62475 53342 INTERLEUKIN 17D IL17D −2.57159 −2.31667 53832 INTERLEUKIN 20 RECEPTOR, ALPHA IL20RA −2.19032 −2.76022 9235 INTERLEUKIN 32 IL32 −2.10552 −2.01423 3608 INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER BINDING FACTOR 2, 45 KDA ILF2 −3.12856 −2.40931 55272 IMP3, U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, HOMOLOG IMP3 −1.9611 −2.08666 (YEAST) 440068 INHIBITORY CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN (CARD) PROTEIN INCA −3.61419 −2.14377 10022 INSULIN-LIKE 5 INSL5 −1.85932 −2.36095 3642 INSULINOMA-ASSOCIATED 1 INSM1 −4.57994 −4.7159 −2.96116 26512 DKFZP434B105 PROTEIN INTS6 −2.46922 −3.1278 79711 IMPORTIN 4 IPO4 −2.19665 −2.88652 −3.89452 3656 INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED KINASE 2 IRAK2 −5.14744 −2.90272 −4.4479 10379 INTERFERON-STIMULATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3, GAMMA 48 KDA IRF9 −3.29863 −5.05236 −2.76033 8471 INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 4 IRS4 −4.12096 −3.11419 57611 IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY CONTAINING LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT 2 ISLR2 −2.67151 −2.3868 8516 INTEGRIN, ALPHA 8 ITGA8 −4.66407 −2.77516 3698 INTER-ALPHA (GLOBULIN) INHIBITOR H2 ITIH2 −1.92876 −3.06384 3712 ISOVALERYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE IVD −1.97496 −2.22619 23081 JUMONJI DOMAIN CONTAINING 2C JMJD2C −3.5406 −2.84532 −3.65305 56704 JUNCTOPHILIN 1 JPH1 −5.13892 −3.00751 −4.09157 10899 JUMPING TRANSLOCATION BREAKPOINT JTB −1.92897 −2.2368 27133 POTASSIUM VOLTAGE-GATED CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY H (EAG- KCNH5 −2.18888 −2.30075 RELATED), MEMBER 5 9798 KIAA0174 KIAA0174 −6.04739 −2.65805 9895 KIAA0329 KIAA0329 −2.72568 −3.29382 23334 KIAA0467 KIAA0467 −2.73811 −1.89679 9858 KIAA0649 KIAA0649 −2.87843 −2.07629 57521 RAPTOR KIAA1303 −2.31287 −2.90653 −2.4201 57650 KIAA1524 KIAA1524 −3.72788 −2.34109 80817 KIAA1712 KIAA1712 −3.59888 −2.5921 85449 KIAA1755 PROTEIN KIAA1755 −3.70085 −4.56373 −3.39759 90231 KIAA2013 KIAA2013 −2.09224 −2.6924 57576 KINESIN FAMILY MEMBER 17 KIF17 −2.57894 −2.97311 124602 KINESIN FAMILY MEMBER 19 KIF19 −2.11698 −2.1023 −3.33649 9493 KINESIN FAMILY MEMBER 23 KIF23 −2.05 −1.96415 26153 KINESIN FAMILY MEMBER 26A KIF26A −2.31143 −2.35145 11278 KRUPPEL-LIKE FACTOR 12 KLF12 −1.862 −2.25234 23588 KELCH DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 KLHDC2 −3.17501 −3.05664 56062 KELCH (DROSOPHILA)-LIKE 4 KLHL4 −2.93844 −2.56313 9622 KALLIKREIN 4 (PROSTASE, ENAMEL MATRIX, PROSTATE) KLK4 −3.51019 −2.13427 353323 KERATIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 12-2 KRTAP12-2 −4.07607 −4.27747 337972 KERATIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 19-5 KRTAP19-5 −2.10694 −1.86912 −1.8969 85287 KERATIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4-7 KRTAP4-7 −3.1366 −3.19935 440023 KERATIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5-6 KRTAP5-6 −2.64506 −2.60634 388533 KIPV467 KRTDAP −3.84172 −3.12836 56983 CHROMOSOME 3 OPEN READING FRAME 9 KTELC1 −2.64341 −3.73793 84456 L(3)MBT-LIKE 3 (DROSOPHILA) L3MBTL3 −2.78776 −2.27559 3916 LYSOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1 LAMP1 −2.02168 −2.60901 143903 LAYILIN LAYN −2.46796 −2.73265 3930 LAMIN B RECEPTOR LBR −4.19709 −1.91704 85474 LADYBIRD HOMEOBOX HOMOLOG 2 (DROSOPHILA) LBX2 −4.38027 −2.79667 353139 LATE CORNIFIED ENVELOPE 2A LCE2A −2.31879 −2.94629 84458 LIGAND-DEPENDENT COREPRESSOR LCOR −3.16053 −2.74306 11061 LEUKOCYTE CELL DERIVED CHEMOTAXIN 1 LECT1 −2.71543 −3.92097 3965 LECTIN, GALACTOSIDE-BINDING, SOLUBLE, 9 (GALECTIN 9) LGALS9 −2.1954 −1.90199 10186 LIPOMA HMGIC FUSION PARTNER LHFP −2.00938 −2.83484 375612 LIPOMA HMGIC FUSION PARTNER-LIKE 3 LHFPL3 −1.90933 −2.88839 375323 LIPOMA HMGIC FUSION PARTNER-LIKE PROTEIN 4 LHFPL4 −1.96573 −2.02048 3985 LIM DOMAIN KINASE 2 LIMK2 −2.40384 −2.33116 96626 LIM AND SENESCENT CELL ANTIGEN-LIKE DOMAINS 3 LIMS3 −3.87705 −2.19621 −2.81259 64130 LIN-7 HOMOLOG B (C. ELEGANS) LIN7B −4.05261 −3.26445 158038 LEUCINE RICH REPEAT NEURONAL 6C LINGO2 −2.22343 −1.8526 −2.0549 84823 LAMIN B2 LMNB2 −3.57509 −2.2521 8543 LIM DOMAIN ONLY 4 LMO4 −2.89404 −2.082 −2.42817 348801 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC348801 LNP1 −2.25674 −2.73949 126075 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC126075 LOC126075 −2.45589 −2.93435 153364 SIMILAR TO METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE SUPERFAMILY PROTEIN LOC153364 −1.95863 −4.24838 −3.71792 161247 SIMILAR TO CG10671-LIKE LOC161247 −3.371 −2.40455 162993 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC162993 LOC162993 −2.16393 −3.31765 −1.97896 201725 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC201725 LOC201725 −5.68546 −3.94516 202459 SIMILAR TO RIKEN CDNA 2310008M10 LOC202459 −1.94148 −3.3487 26010 DNA POLYMERASE-TRANSACTIVATED PROTEIN 6 LOC26010 −1.96021 −2.25198 −2.23318 283677 HYPOTHETICAL LOC283677 LOC283677 −2.64581 −4.19504 338809 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC338809 LOC338809 −3.81319 −1.94045 390243 SIMILAR TO FOLATE RECEPTOR 4 (DELTA) ISOFORM 1 LOC390243 −2.36576 −2.36707 −1.89087 399818 SIMILAR TO CG9643-PA LOC399818 −1.99734 −2.05135 400506 SIMILAR TO TSG118.1 LOC400506 −5.33979 −2.27212 440093 SIMILAR TO H3 HISTONE, FAMILY 3B LOC440093 −2.02969 −1.88758 −3.3132 441294 SIMILAR TO CTAGE6 LOC441294 −2.26952 −2.2475 51057 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC51057 LOC51057 −1.8843 −2.3085 63920 TRANSPOSON-DERIVED BUSTER3 TRANSPOSASE-LIKE LOC63920 −3.94367 −2.89712 643905 SIMILAR TO PROTOCADHERIN 15B LOC643905 −1.93464 −2.62212 653192 SIMILAR TO TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN 17 LOC653192 −1.98189 −3.01251 653319 SIMILAR TO HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC283849 LOC653319 −2.95378 −2.33583 90835 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC90835 LOC90835 −2.72483 −3.6019 84171 LYSYL OXIDASE-LIKE 4 LOXL4 −2.73286 −2.93429 9663 LIPIN 2 LPIN2 −2.54186 −3.12008 79782 LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING 31 LRRC31 −2.86285 −1.98006 −2.17554 64101 LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING 4 LRRC4 −2.62687 −2.28397 94030 LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING 4B LRRC4B −3.66397 −3.0838 220074 LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING 51 LRRC51 −2.13492 −2.49709 9209 LEUCINE RICH REPEAT (IN FLII) INTERACTING PROTEIN 2 LRRFIP2 −2.61026 −2.36935 338821 ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER LST-3B LST- −2.46569 −1.88141 3TM12 51213 LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN 4 LUZP4 −2.34327 −3.27072 27076 LY6/PLAUR DOMAIN CONTAINING 3 LYPD3 −3.6252 −2.24353 −2.00614 130574 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC52057 LYPD6 −3.48063 −4.26156 84445 LEUCINE ZIPPER, PUTATIVE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 2 LZTS2 −3.7582 −2.00544 4081 MAB-21-LIKE 1 (C. ELEGANS) MAB21L1 −4.44621 −3.48347 −2.45736 84944 MAELSTROM HOMOLOG (DROSOPHILA) MAEL −3.34187 −2.07536 9935 V-MAF MUSCULOAPONEUROTIC FIBROSARCOMA ONCOGENE MAFB −2.01537 −1.96292 HOMOLOG B (AVIAN) 4113 MELANOMA ANTIGEN FAMILY B, 2 MAGEB2 −1.9079 −2.59269 5607 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 5 MAP2K5 −3.44358 −2.68431 9064 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 6 MAP3K6 −3.60211 −2.69142 6885 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 7 MAP3K7 −4.37075 −2.60108 −3.08528 54799 MBT DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 MBTD1 −2.01418 −2.29198 92014 MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER TRIPLE REPEAT 1 MCART1 −2.73059 −3.29002 −2.95126 4172 MCM3 MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE DEFICIENT 3 (S. CEREVISIAE) MCM3 −2.49008 −3.67504 28985 MALIGNANT T CELL AMPLIFIED SEQUENCE 1 MCTS1 −1.96517 −2.46353 9656 MEDIATOR OF DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT 1 MDC1 −2.65123 −2.46605 4197 ECOTROPIC VIRAL INTEGRATION SITE 1 MDS1 −4.91817 −4.36995 −3.49786 400569 SIMILAR TO HSPC296 MED11 −2.33766 −1.89359 80306 MEDIATOR OF RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTION, SUBUNIT 28 MED28 −2.33833 −2.31198 HOMOLOG (YEAST) 51003 MEDIATOR OF RNA POLYMERASE II TRANSCRIPTION, SUBUNIT 31 MED31 −2.04877 −3.62991 HOMOLOG (YEAST) 4207 MADS BOX TRANSCRIPTION ENHANCER FACTOR 2, POLYPEPTIDE B MEF2B −5.35307 −4.30158 −1.89447 (MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2B) 1954 EGF-LIKE-DOMAIN, MULTIPLE 4 MEGF8 −2.25397 −2.14012 −3.97425 64747 MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 MFSD1 −3.55784 −2.97033 84804 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC11332 MFSD9 −2.2117 −2.04748 80772 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC10334 MGC10334 −3.15307 −2.81389 92806 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC13198 MGC16385 −3.67807 −2.73927 −5.34412 167359 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC42105 MGC42105 −2.13288 −2.55735 −4.37954 401145 SIMILAR TO KIAA1680 PROTEIN MGC48628 −2.65392 −1.9292 4259 MICROSOMAL GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE 3 MGST3 −3.23003 −2.59358 −2.15506 166968 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MIER3 −1.948 −2.33645 −2.37991 4323 MATRIX METALLOPEPTIDASE 14 (MEMBRANE-INSERTED) MMP14 −2.50866 −2.79277 283385 MORN REPEAT CONTAINING 3 MORN3 −1.89433 −2.20862 758 METALLOPHOSPHOESTERASE DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 MPPED1 −2.74881 −1.94218 4360 MANNOSE RECEPTOR, C TYPE 1 MRC1 −2.64776 −3.15523 4361 MRE11 MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION 11 HOMOLOG A (S. CEREVISIAE) MRE11A −4.30835 −3.5375 64981 MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L34 MRPL34 −2.75412 −4.96395 341116 MEMBRANE-SPANNING 4-DOMAINS, SUBFAMILY A, MEMBER 10 MS4A10 −2.65751 −2.93441 −3.4722 4477 MICROSEMINOPROTEIN, BETA- MSMB −2.88215 −2.46353 4504 METALLOTHIONEIN 3 (GROWTH INHIBITORY FACTOR MT3 −4.04357 −2.8508 (NEUROTROPHIC)) 8776 MYOTUBULARIN RELATED PROTEIN 1 MTMR1 −4.38585 −1.85331 −2.20333 136319 MYOTROPHIN MTPN −4.08597 −4.42856 −2.97718 4547 MICROSOMAL TRIGLYCERIDE TRANSFER PROTEIN MTTP −2.50767 −2.26107 −4.23045 57509 MITOCHONDRIAL TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 1 MTUS1 −3.12976 −2.58471 143662 MUCIN 15 MUC15 −2.19721 −2.12986 4589 MUCIN 7, SALIVARY MUC7 −3.0859 −2.50545 −3.22334 4599 MYXOVIRUS (INFLUENZA VIRUS) RESISTANCE 1, INTERFERON- MX1 −2.36526 −2.01844 −2.50688 INDUCIBLE PROTEIN P78 (MOUSE) 343263 MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN H-LIKE MYBPHL −2.91997 −1.87908 4641 MYOSIN IC MYO1C −3.75824 −2.04836 79829 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ13848 NAT11 −2.49128 −2.41016 −1.93249 26151 N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE 9 NAT9 −2.83485 −2.2593 284565 NEUROBLASTOMA BREAKPOINT FAMILY, MEMBER 14 NBPF15 −4.33412 −2.39879 83988 NEUROCALCIN DELTA NCALD −2.80549 −1.98663 4739 NEURAL PRECURSOR CELL EXPRESSED, DEVELOPMENTALLY DOWN- NEDD9 −2.31196 −3.62758 −2.72499 REGULATED 9 4751 NIMA (NEVER IN MITOSIS GENE A)-RELATED KINASE 2 NEK2 −2.9558 −2.43274 −2.95423 26012 NASAL EMBRYONIC LHRH FACTOR NELF −2.52297 −2.09509 4776 NUCLEAR FACTOR OF ACTIVATED T-CELLS, CYTOPLASMIC, NFATC4 −3.61264 −3.21774 CALCINEURIN-DEPENDENT 4 4778 NUCLEAR FACTOR (ERYTHROID-DERIVED 2), 45 KDA NFE2 −2.12929 −2.10967 4802 NUCLEAR TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR Y, GAMMA NFYC −1.91075 −2.64669 −1.89951 159296 NK2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOMOLOG C (DROSOPHILA) NKX2-3 −3.37969 −2.68783 −2.46978 51701 NEMO-LIKE KINASE NLK −3.33568 −1.88129 −2.20263 4829 NEUROMEDIN B RECEPTOR NMBR −2.78007 −3.06621 10201 NON-METASTATIC CELLS 6, PROTEIN EXPRESSED IN (NUCLEOSIDE- NME6 −2.20441 −2.52635 DIPHOSPHATE KINASE) 129521 NEUROMEDIN S NMS −5.61174 −3.74196 −2.58827 23530 NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSHYDROGENASE NNT −3.34428 −3.40667 4838 NODAL HOMOLOG (MOUSE) NODAL −4.72064 −2.31463 27035 NADPH OXIDASE 1 NOX1 −2.99102 −1.9221 152519 NIPA-LIKE DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 NPAL1 −2.59477 −2.24146 190 NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 0, GROUP B, MEMBER 1 NR0B1 −2.82937 −2.00294 4929 NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 2 NR4A2 −4.44886 −5.87805 −2.9839 340371 NUCLEAR RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEIN 2 NRBP2 −2.79772 −2.53212 4898 NARDILYSIN (N-ARGININE DIBASIC CONVERTASE) NRD1 −4.28791 −2.27774 −2.58532 83714 NUCLEAR RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 2 NRIP2 −3.89044 −5.23847 −4.89818 22978 5′-NUCLEOTIDASE, CYTOSOLIC II NT5C2 −2.93429 −3.38901 4908 NEUROTROPHIN 3 NTF3 −2.8015 −4.06468 4917 NETRIN 2-LIKE (CHICKEN) NTN2L −3.4598 −3.1736 4923 NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR 1 (HIGH AFFINITY) NTSR1 −4.10473 −3.49957 23620 NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR 2 NTSR2 −3.90077 −4.85068 256281 NUDIX (NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE LINKED MOIETY X)-TYPE MOTIF 14 NUDT14 −2.33744 −4.58128 51203 NUCLEOLAR AND SPINDLE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 NUSAP1 −3.24207 −2.43638 56000 NUCLEAR RNA EXPORT FACTOR 3 NXF3 −4.03665 −4.20158 −2.41973 55916 NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FACTOR 2-LIKE EXPORT FACTOR 2 NXT2 −2.78623 −2.45246 220323 OAF HOMOLOG (DROSOPHILA) OAF −3.31157 −1.91214 51686 ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIZYME 3 OAZ3 −4.98126 −3.05747 4952 OCULOCEREBRORENAL SYNDROME OF LOWE OCRL −3.56185 −3.44429 4957 OUTER DENSE FIBER OF SPERM TAILS 2 ODF2 −1.98896 −2.06861 169611 OLFACTOMEDIN-LIKE 2A OLFML2A −2.18173 −2.26417 10133 OPTINEURIN OPTN −3.13476 −2.18057 138802 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 13, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 8 OR13C8 −4.09071 −2.51101 4991 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 1, SUBFAMILY D, MEMBER 2 OR1D2 −3.16865 −3.64961 −3.4325 347168 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 1, SUBFAMILY J, MEMBER 1 OR1J1 −2.01037 −2.05408 −3.5605 392392 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 1, SUBFAMILY K, MEMBER 1 OR1K1 −3.90467 −2.16026 144125 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 2, SUBFAMILY AG, MEMBER 1 OR2AG1 −1.90182 −1.93355 341152 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 2, SUBFAMILY AT, MEMBER 4 OR2AT4 −2.69945 −2.16615 81469 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 2, SUBFAMILY G, MEMBER 3 OR2G3 −1.96137 −2.16489 391194 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 2, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 2 OR2M2 −2.41789 −1.98612 26245 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 2, SUBFAMILY M, MEMBER 4 OR2M4 −2.72931 −2.1423 127069 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 2, SUBFAMILY T, MEMBER 10 OR2T10 −3.65767 −2.24491 284383 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 2, SUBFAMILY Z, MEMBER 1 OR2Z1 −3.07678 −4.72263 219429 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 4, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 11 OR4C11 −2.64811 −2.09856 79317 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 4, SUBFAMILY K, MEMBER 5 OR4K5 −2.60077 −1.91433 81300 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 4, SUBFAMILY P, MEMBER 4 OR4P4 −4.49028 −2.64832 −2.25624 256148 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 4, SUBFAMILY S, MEMBER 1 OR4S1 −2.26199 −1.94054 196335 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 56, SUBFAMILY B, MEMBER 4 OR56B4 −5.35355 −1.91302 403274 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 5, SUBFAMILY H, MEMBER 15 OR5H15 −6.03036 −2.24129 120065 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 5, SUBFAMILY P, MEMBER 2 OR5P2 −2.71333 −2.64519 390154 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 5, SUBFAMILY T, MEMBER 3 OR5T3 −1.89065 −2.19858 391114 OLFACTORY RECEPTOR, FAMILY 6, SUBFAMILY K, MEMBER 3 OR6K3 −2.47585 −2.64133 10956 AMPLIFIED IN OSTEOSARCOMA OS9 −1.88867 −2.8692 55074 OXIDATION RESISTANCE 1 OXR1 −2.56001 −3.04851 54995 3-OXOACYL-ACP SYNTHASE, MITOCHONDRIAL OXSM −2.55496 −2.11533 125988 QIL1 PROTEIN P117 −3.33321 −1.88138 23241 PHOSPHOFURIN ACIDIC CLUSTER SORTING PROTEIN 2 PACS2 −2.36166 −2.96823 5050 PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR ACETYLHYDROLASE, ISOFORM IB, PAFAH1B3 −1.90165 −2.03995 GAMMA SUBUNIT 29 KDA 23022 PALLADIN, CYTOSKELETAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN PALLD −1.87671 −2.14591 10914 POLY(A) POLYMERASE ALPHA PAPOLA −2.08643 −4.05228 124222 PROGESTIN AND ADIPOQ RECEPTOR FAMILY MEMBER IV PAQR4 −2.39582 −3.38779 142 POLY (ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE FAMILY, MEMBER 1 PARP1 −1.92528 −1.90532 143 POLY (ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE FAMILY, MEMBER 4 PARP4 −2.40935 −2.06206 27253 PROTOCADHERIN 17 PCDH17 −2.21436 −3.0782 57526 PROTOCADHERIN 19 PCDH19 −3.15028 −2.86698 56132 PROTOCADHERIN BETA 3 PCDHB3 −2.6344 −2.62729 10336 POLYCOMB GROUP RING FINGER 3 PCGF3 −3.03471 −1.89414 84333 POLYCOMB GROUP RING FINGER 5 PCGF5 −2.773 −1.96929 −4.09651 55795 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ11305 PCID2 −1.98532 −2.32044 5046 PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN TYPE 6 PCSK6 −2.1397 −3.10903 58488 PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE TRANSFER PROTEIN PCTP −6.35862 −3.17278 −1.87497 5161 PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE (LIPOAMIDE) ALPHA 2 PDHA2 −2.027 −3.19203 5166 PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE, ISOZYME 4 PDK4 −2.08325 −1.86973 9260 PDZ AND LIM DOMAIN 7 (ENIGMA) PDLIM7 −2.14491 −1.88778 57546 PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE PHOSPHATASE ISOENZYME 2 PDP2 −2.63359 −2.24757 3651 INSULIN PROMOTER FACTOR 1, HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION PDX1 −2.14427 −2.43953 FACTOR 51248 PDZ DOMAIN CONTAINING 11 PDZD11 −2.05074 −2.52156 5179 PROENKEPHALIN PENK −1.99554 −2.52421 64065 PERP, TP53 APOPTOSIS EFFECTOR PERP −3.04715 −1.86263 5210 6-PHOSPHOFRUCTO-2-KINASE/FRUCTOSE-2,6-BIPHOSPHATASE 4 PFKFB4 −2.80393 −2.73894 80055 GPI DEACYLASE PGAP1 −2.47747 −4.57794 −2.70667 267004 EXCISION REPAIR CROSS-COMPLEMENTING RODENT REPAIR PGBD3 −4.20479 −1.88145 DEFICIENCY, COMPLEMENTATION GROUP 6 57115 PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN 4 PGLYRP4 −1.99135 −1.85699 84680 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE PHACS −3.19355 −2.15665 84295 PHD FINGER PROTEIN 6 PHF6 −2.28931 −2.38237 22822 PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY-LIKE DOMAIN, FAMILY A, MEMBER 1 PHLDA1 −2.63006 −2.53575 221476 PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR 16 PI16 −2.17842 −2.47888 5277 PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL GLYCAN, CLASS A (PAROXYSMAL PIGA −2.7267 −1.97114 NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA) 5289 PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-3-KINASE, CLASS 3 PIK3C3 −3.02798 −2.16509 65018 PTEN INDUCED PUTATIVE KINASE 1 PINK1 −2.65238 −6.72753 −4.89433 54984 PIN2-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1 PINX1 −2.13509 −2.25069 8395 PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-4-PHOSPHATE 5-KINASE, TYPE I, BETA PIP5K1B −2.49714 −3.11396 −2.30031 23761 PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE PISD −2.77933 −3.93785 5314 POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY AND HEPATIC DISEASE 1 (AUTOSOMAL PKHD1 −1.95223 −2.59701 RECESSIVE) 5569 PROTEIN KINASE (CAMP-DEPENDENT, CATALYTIC) INHIBITOR ALPHA PKIA −3.57576 −2.04651 29941 PROTEIN KINASE N3 PKN3 −2.10742 −2.15859 5318 PLAKOPHILIN 2 PKP2 −2.89785 −2.30137 283748 PHOSPHOLIPASE A2, GROUP IVD (CYTOSOLIC) PLA2G4D −1.96541 2.51478 5322 PHOSPHOLIPASE A2, GROUP V PLA2G5 −2.68114 −2.08402 5326 PLEIOMORPHIC ADENOMA GENE-LIKE 2 PLAGL2 −4.21387 −2.5165 5327 PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR, TISSUE PLAT −3.25981 −3.48747 5332 PHOSPHOLIPASE C, BETA 4 PLCB4 −2.49701 −2.10791 257068 PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE C, X DOMAIN PLCXD2 −3.6423 −2.74439 CONTAINING 2 54477 PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY DOMAIN CONTAINING, FAMILY A MEMBER 5 PLEKHA5 −2.2379 −2.30195 58473 PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY DOMAIN CONTAINING, FAMILY B (EVECTINS) PLEKHB1 −2.58955 −2.51903 MEMBER 1 11284 POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE 3′-PHOSPHATASE PNKP −1.97244 −2.18221 −2.14383 79883 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ23447 PODNL1 −4.69966 −2.85234 79001 VITAMIN K EPOXIDE REDUCTASE COMPLEX, SUBUNIT 1 POL3S −2.15713 −2.25578 23649 POLYMERASE (DNA DIRECTED), ALPHA 2 (70 KD SUBUNIT) POLA2 −2.98897 −2.75611 54107 POLYMERASE (DNA DIRECTED), EPSILON 3 (P17 SUBUNIT) POLE3 −3.28031 −2.07165 −2.89831 94026 POM121 MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN-LIKE 2 (RAT) POM121L2 −4.64585 −2.05884 29954 PROTEIN-O-MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE 2 POMT2 −2.84072 −1.962 5446 PARAOXONASE 3 PON3 −4.70654 −2.34705 10940 PROCESSING OF PRECURSOR 1, RIBONUCLEASE P/MRP SUBUNIT POP1 −4.49314 −2.46298 −1.97797 (S. CEREVISIAE) 25833 POU DOMAIN, CLASS 2, TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3 POU2F3 −3.34571 −2.41621 −2.29749 8612 PHOSPHATIDIC ACID PHOSPHATASE TYPE 2C PPAP2C −2.95992 −2.07329 84814 PHOSPHATIDIC ACID PHOSPHATASE TYPE 2 DOMAIN CONTAINING 3 PPAPDC3 −1.95667 −1.96121 8499 PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, RECEPTOR TYPE, F POLYPEPTIDE PPFIA2 −2.04642 −2.65517 (PTPRF), INTERACTING PROTEIN (LIPRIN), ALPHA 2 9360 PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE G (CYCLOPHILIN G) PPIG −3.51287 −2.43114 5498 PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE PPOX −1.91497 −2.02656 4659 PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1, REGULATORY (INHIBITOR) SUBUNIT 12A PPP1R12A −2.86581 −2.07108 79660 PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1, REGULATORY (INHIBITOR) SUBUNIT 3B PPP1R3B −3.05123 −1.9493 5515 PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2 (FORMERLY 2A), CATALYTIC SUBUNIT, PPP2CB −5.1951 −3.82763 ALPHA ISOFORM 55012 CHROMOSOME 14 OPEN READING FRAME 10 PPP2R3C −1.90047 −2.87177 −1.99879 5525 PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2, REGULATORY SUBUNIT B (B56), ALPHA PPP2R5A −1.85237 −1.88221 ISOFORM 23082 PEROXISOME PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR, GAMMA, PPRC1 −3.33778 −2.53909 COACTIVATOR-RELATED 1 65121 PRAME FAMILY MEMBER 1 PRAMEF12 −1.95611 −2.12128 9055 PROTEIN REGULATOR OF CYTOKINESIS 1 PRC1 −4.69961 −2.34331 −2.33972 5551 PERFORIN 1 (PORE FORMING PROTEIN) PRF1 −3.11112 −4.12973 −3.64376 5562 PROTEIN KINASE, AMP-ACTIVATED, ALPHA 1 CATALYTIC SUBUNIT PRKAA1 −2.42841 −3.18606 5568 PROTEIN KINASE, CAMP-DEPENDENT, CATALYTIC, GAMMA PRKACG −2.27403 −2.2523 56341 PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 8 PRMT8 −2.53607 −2.38768 5626 PROPHET OF PIT1, PAIRED-LIKE HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION PROP1 −3.17865 −1.91607 FACTOR 51334 MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL PROTEIN DSC54 PRR16 −1.89517 −2.22191 10279 PROTEASE, SERINE, 16 (THYMUS) PRSS16 −2.13449 −2.63428 −3.12227 400668 PROTEASE, SERINE-LIKE 1 PRSSL1 −1.87807 −2.17207 57716 PERIAXIN PRX −3.7748 −2.19862 9595 PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY, SEC7 AND COILED-COIL DOMAINS, BINDING PSCDBP −2.27685 −2.20532 PROTEIN 5681 PROTEIN SERINE KINASE H1 PSKH1 −2.63033 −2.63583 139411 PATCHED DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 PTCHD1 −2.0655 −2.79843 81490 PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE SYNTHASE 2 PTDSS2 −2.19403 −1.9922 11099 PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 21 PTPN21 −2.49387 −2.04587 5787 PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, RECEPTOR TYPE, B PTPRB −2.9585 −2.07646 5794 PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, RECEPTOR TYPE, H PTPRH −2.91132 −2.41963 5801 PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, RECEPTOR TYPE, R PTPRR −2.05897 −2.10197 5814 PURINE-RICH ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN B PURB −3.03529 −2.0988 79912 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ22028 PYROXD1 −2.08054 −3.59087 −3.50611 5697 PEPTIDE YY PYY −3.01242 −1.89304 9727 RAB11 FAMILY INTERACTING PROTEIN 3 (CLASS II) RAB11FIP3 −1.93666 −2.06647 401409 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN RAB19B RAB19 −4.16718 −2.50667 11021 RAB35, MEMBER RAS ONCOGENE FAMILY RAB35 −3.72915 −2.10077 116442 RAB39B, MEMBER RAS ONCOGENE FAMILY RAB39B −3.40849 −2.77826 −2.55766 5867 RAB4A, MEMBER RAS ONCOGENE FAMILY RAB4A −2.23824 −2.38798 53916 RAB4B, MEMBER RAS ONCOGENE FAMILY RAB4B −2.62903 −2.16647 5885 RAD21 HOMOLOG (S. POMBE) RAD21 −3.13061 −2.07017 23132 RAD54-LIKE 2 (S. CEREVISIAE) RAD54L2 −2.48403 −3.18984 5883 RAD9 HOMOLOG A (S. POMBE) RAD9A −1.98876 −2.71587 −2.70529 22913 RNA BINDING PROTEIN, AUTOANTIGENIC (HNRNP-ASSOCIATED WITH RALY −2.31833 −2.07084 LETHAL YELLOW HOMOLOG (MOUSE)) 26953 RAN BINDING PROTEIN 6 RANBP6 −2.83259 −1.8949 5906 RAP1A, MEMBER OF RAS ONCOGENE FAMILY RAP1A −2.15637 −2.59656 5920 RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR RESPONDER (TAZAROTENE INDUCED) 3 RARRES3 −3.59647 −2.88117 −3.01349 25780 RAS GUANYL RELEASING PROTEIN 3 (CALCIUM AND DAG-REGULATED) RASGRP3 −2.68079 −2.15504 64080 RIBOKINASE RBKS −2.70105 −3.24448 54033 RNA BINDING MOTIF PROTEIN 11 RBM11 −3.16829 −1.94764 166863 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC27016 RBM46 −2.66251 −2.8393 23543 RNA BINDING MOTIF PROTEIN 9 RBM9 −4.51469 −2.6588 83758 RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 5, CELLULAR RBP5 −2.07092 −2.56384 −2.33793 11317 RECOMBINING BINDING PROTEIN SUPPRESSOR OF HAIRLESS RBPJL −3.4381 −2.8404 (DROSOPHILA)-LIKE 348093 RNA BINDING PROTEIN WITH MULTIPLE SPLICING 2 RBPMS2 −4.50172 −3.38917 −2.0127 5957 RECOVERIN RCVRN −2.95204 −3.18587 7936 RD RNA BINDING PROTEIN RDBP −2.08726 −2.16704 5962 RADIXIN RDX −2.37925 −2.62954 51308 RECEPTOR ACCESSORY PROTEIN 2 REEP2 −2.85997 −1.96118 56729 RESISTIN RETN −1.93284 −1.90428 −2.73758 55312 RIBOFLAVIN KINASE RFK −1.90106 −2.43082 442247 SIMILAR TO RET FINGER PROTEIN-LIKE 1 RFPL4B −3.39753 −2.28722 93587 RNA (GUANINE-9-) METHYLTRANSFERASE DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 RG9MTD2 −3.08085 −2.39402 5996 REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALLING 1 RGS1 −2.6945 −4.44163 26166 REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALLING 22 RGS22 −1.99317 −2.56763 121268 RAS HOMOLOG ENRICHED IN BRAIN LIKE 1 RHEBL1 −3.3124 −2.59878 54509 RAS HOMOLOG GENE FAMILY, MEMBER F (IN FILOPODIA) RHOF −1.99428 −2.60677 399 RAS HOMOLOG GENE FAMILY, MEMBER H RHOH −2.87756 −2.60693 25778 RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN KINASE 5 RIPK5 −2.16914 −3.07716 6039 RIBONUCLEASE, RNASE A FAMILY, K6 RNASE6 −3.83481 −3.37285 140432 RING FINGER PROTEIN 113B RNF113B −2.17001 −2.80417 79845 RING FINGER PROTEIN 122 RNF122 −2.16016 −3.10137 54546 RING FINGER PROTEIN 186 RNF186 −1.95557 −2.34727 6050 RIBONUCLEASE/ANGIOGENIN INHIBITOR 1 RNH1 −1.85151 −2.2123 10921 RNA BINDING PROTEIN S1, SERINE-RICH DOMAIN RNPS1 −2.23163 −2.8619 10556 RIBONUCLEASE P/MRP 30 KDA SUBUNIT RPP30 −2.7066 −3.00534 −2.13315 56261 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN KIAA1434 RPS18P1 −2.85418 −2.69983 91582 RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S19 BINDING PROTEIN 1 RPS19BP1 −2.21276 −2.78638 8986 RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE, 90 KDA, POLYPEPTIDE 4 RPS6KA4 −1.93966 −2.88556 9136 RNA, U3 SMALL NUCLEOLAR INTERACTING PROTEIN 2 RRP9 −2.34514 −1.86564 84870 R-SPONDIN 3 HOMOLOG (XENOPUS LAEVIS) RSPO3 −2.13463 −2.68373 146760 RETICULON 4 RECEPTOR-LIKE 1 RTN4RL1 −2.07964 −2.34172 146923 RUN DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 RUNDC1 −2.18962 −2.04771 154661 RAP2-BINDING PROTEIN 9 RUNDC3B −2.9338 −3.37057 862 RUNT-RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSLOCATED TO, 1 RUNX1T1 −2.12615 −2.27231 (CYCLIN D-RELATED) 23429 RING1 AND YY1 BINDING PROTEIN RYBP −2.02569 −2.10047 645922 SIMILAR TO S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN A7-LIKE 1 S100A7L2 −3.42865 −2.28363 −2.64235 6285 S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN, BETA (NEURAL) S100B −2.2964 −3.721 113174 SERUM AMYLOID A-LIKE 1 SAAL1 −3.11984 −3.5017 27164 SAL-LIKE 3 (DROSOPHILA) SALL3 −2.34564 −2.04659 344658 STERILE ALPHA MOTIF DOMAIN CONTAINING 7 SAMD7 −2.51076 −2.13509 55291 CHROMOSOME 11 OPEN READING FRAME 23 SAPS3 −2.90252 −1.8513 163786 SPINDLE ASSEMBLY 6 HOMOLOG (C. ELEGANS) SASS6 −1.97416 −2.54308 23314 SATB FAMILY MEMBER 2 SATB2 −2.85258 −2.07986 23256 SEC1 FAMILY DOMAIN CONTAINING 1 SCFD1 −2.41869 −3.0156 7857 SECRETOGRANIN II (CHROMOGRANIN C) SCG2 −2.43482 −2.45974 6332 SODIUM CHANNEL, VOLTAGE-GATED, TYPE VII, ALPHA SCN7A −4.12895 −2.66506 51246 SCOTIN SCOTIN −4.07991 −2.10949 6343 SECRETIN SCT −4.44056 −2.51525 80274 SIGNAL PEPTIDE, CUB DOMAIN, EGF-LIKE 1 SCUBE1 −2.61249 −2.47153 9255 SMALL INDUCIBLE CYTOKINE SUBFAMILY E, MEMBER 1 (ENDOTHELIAL SCYE1 −2.36951 −2.70046 MONOCYTE-ACTIVATING) 9672 SYNDECAN 3 (N-SYNDECAN) SDC3 −2.91628 −2.81579 29927 SEC61 ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT (S. CEREVISIAE) SEC61A1 −1.88201 −3.10851 55176 SEC61 ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT (S. CEREVISIAE) SEC61A2 −1.90727 −2.15394 10952 SEC61 BETA SUBUNIT SEC61B −1.90117 −2.31682 6404 SELECTIN P LIGAND SELPLG −2.09831 −3.20512 348303 SELENOPROTEIN V SELV −3.17995 −2.28173 9037 SEMA DOMAIN, SEVEN THROMBOSPONDIN REPEATS (TYPE 1 AND SEMA5A −2.55799 −2.73749 TYPE 1-LIKE), TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN (TM) AND SHORT CYTOPLASMIC DOMAIN, (SEMAPHORIN) 5A 10500 SEMA DOMAIN, TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN (TM), AND CYTOPLASMIC SEMA6C −3.43802 −1.91085 DOMAIN, (SEMAPHORIN) 6C 26054 SUMO1/SENTRIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 6 SENP6 −2.12559 −4.92084 1992 SERPIN PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR, CLADE B (OVALBUMIN), MEMBER 1 SERPINB1 −3.26772 −2.86627 −2.8311 462 SERPIN PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR, CLADE C (ANTITHROMBIN), MEMBER 1 SERPINC1 −2.62448 −1.95094 143686 SESTRIN 3 SESN3 −2.41865 −2.54664 387893 SET DOMAIN CONTAINING (LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE) 8 SETD8 −2.21435 −2.14105 9295 SPLICING FACTOR, ARGININE/SERINE-RICH 11 SFRS11 −3.46224 −2.01065 25957 CHROMOSOME 6 OPEN READING FRAME 111 SFRS18 −2.8846 −2.66063 6457 SH3-DOMAIN GRB2-LIKE 3 SH3GL3 −2.09546 −1.90088 22941 SH3 AND MULTIPLE ANKYRIN REPEAT DOMAINS 2 SHANK2 −1.85617 −2.35166 6462 SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN SHBG −2.12767 −3.0562 134549 APICAL PROTEIN 2 SHROOM1 −2.68342 −2.30012 25942 SIN3 HOMOLOG A, TRANSCRIPTION REGULATOR (YEAST) SIN3A −2.50484 −1.91435 23094 SIGNAL-INDUCED PROLIFERATION-ASSOCIATED 1 LIKE 3 SIPA1L3 −2.00188 −1.98104 6498 SKI-LIKE SKIL −2.52428 −2.56457 −2.61359 84174 SRC-LIKE-ADAPTOR 2 SLA2 −3.20957 −2.37006 4891 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 11 (PROTON-COUPLED DIVALENT METAL ION SLC11A2 −2.54813 −3.59077 TRANSPORTERS), MEMBER 2 6560 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12 (POTASSIUM/CHLORIDE TRANSPORTERS), SLC12A4 −1.91482 −2.6526 −3.08265 MEMBER 4 117247 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN PRO0813 SLC16A10 −2.62914 −2.48375 55356 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 22 (ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER), SLC22A15 −2.86114 −2.176 MEMBER 15 8604 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 (MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER, ARALAR), SLC25A12 −3.02631 −2.05383 MEMBER 12 115286 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25, MEMBER 26 SLC25A26 −4.64485 −4.72509 291 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 (MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER; ADENINE SLC25A4 −2.38678 −2.19747 NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCATOR), MEMBER 4 11001 FATTY-ACID-COENZYME A LIGASE, VERY LONG-CHAIN 1 SLC27A2 −2.29279 −2.10208 11000 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 27 (FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER), MEMBER 3 SLC27A3 −1.86814 −2.04285 64078 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 28 (SODIUM-COUPLED NUCLEOSIDE SLC28A3 −2.72258 −2.00847 TRANSPORTER), MEMBER 3 54733 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 35, MEMBER F2 SLC35F2 −3.54646 −2.37764 23446 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 44, MEMBER 1 SLC44A1 −2.74664 −2.60586 9152 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 6 (NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER, SLC6A5 −3.13789 −2.174 GLYCINE), MEMBER 5 6550 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 9 (SODIUM/HYDROGEN EXCHANGER), SLC9A3 −2.10203 −2.83787 MEMBER 3 9351 SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 9 (SODIUM/HYDROGEN EXCHANGER), SLC9A3R2 −1.99031 −2.77691 MEMBER 3 REGULATOR 2 4088 SMAD, MOTHERS AGAINST DPP HOMOLOG 3 (DROSOPHILA) SMAD3 −2.1217 −1.97539 60682 STROMAL MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 SMAP1 −4.06345 −2.32987 6603 SWI/SNF RELATED, MATRIX ASSOCIATED, ACTIN DEPENDENT SMARCD2 −5.85968 −2.70953 REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN, SUBFAMILY D, MEMBER 2 79677 SMC6 STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES 6-LIKE 1 SMC6 −2.24287 −3.68918 (YEAST) 6609 SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1, ACID LYSOSOMAL (ACID SMPD1 −4.41417 −3.32313 SPHINGOMYELINASE) 6525 SMOOTHELIN SMTN −1.97754 −4.5857 9751 SYNTAPHILIN SNPH −2.19133 −3.77141 6629 SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN POLYPEPTIDE B” SNRPB2 −2.3241 −2.37559 54212 SYNTROPHIN, GAMMA 1 SNTG1 −2.50921 −2.49363 29916 SORTING NEXIN 11 SNX11 −2.01535 −1.93444 23161 SORTING NEXIN 13 SNX13 −2.0599 −2.51066 6652 SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE SORD −3.55463 −2.14119 −1.97628 6655 SON OF SEVENLESS HOMOLOG 2 (DROSOPHILA) SOS2 −2.82991 −2.64977 9580 SRY (SEX DETERMINING REGION Y)-BOX 13 SOX13 −3.5731 −3.49442 6667 SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1 −2.90651 −3.43006 10615 SPERM ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 5 SPAG5 −4.34344 −2.63317 80309 SPHK1 (SPHINGOSINE KINASE TYPE 1) INTERACTING PROTEIN SPHKAP −2.35706 −3.18283 643394 SIMILAR TO ESOPHAGUS CANCER-RELATED GENE 2 PROTEIN SPINK9 −3.44822 −3.26333 PRECURSOR (ECRG-2) 83985 SPINSTER SPNS1 −2.93729 −2.13496 −3.33721 201305 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC29671 SPNS3 −2.26795 −3.47607 6695 SPARC/OSTEONECTIN, CWCV AND KAZAL-LIKE DOMAINS SPOCK1 −5.11991 −3.69976 PROTEOGLYCAN (TESTICAN) 1 10418 SPONDIN 1, EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEIN SPON1 −2.5145 −3.43213 −2.98118 6720 STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 SREBF1 −2.05248 −1.98817 51188 SYNOVIAL SARCOMA TRANSLOCATION GENE ON CHROMOSOME 18- SS18L2 −2.55102 −4.97016 LIKE 2 23648 SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN 3 SSBP3 −1.90861 −3.22848 23145 SCO-SPONDIN HOMOLOG (BOS TAURUS) SSPO −3.57048 −2.81785 −4.46215 6745 SIGNAL SEQUENCE RECEPTOR, ALPHA (TRANSLOCON-ASSOCIATED SSR1 −2.8973 −3.21686 −3.23373 PROTEIN ALPHA) 9705 SUPPRESSION OF TUMORIGENICITY 18 (BREAST CARCINOMA) (ZINC ST18 −3.4941 −3.10471 FINGER PROTEIN) 29906 ST8 ALPHA-N-ACETYL-NEURAMINIDE ALPHA-2,8-SIALYLTRANSFERASE 5 ST8SIA5 −3.72604 −2.45803 27067 STAUFEN, RNA BINDING PROTEIN, HOMOLOG 2 (DROSOPHILA) STAU2 −1.94355 −4.02935 8576 SERINE/THREONINE KINASE 16 STK16 −1.97744 −2.08507 29888 STRIATIN, CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN 4 STRN4 −4.29577 −3.06848 29091 SYNTAXIN BINDING PROTEIN 6 (AMISYN) STXBP6 −2.09798 −2.18455 51684 SUPPRESSOR OF FUSED HOMOLOG (DROSOPHILA) SUFU −2.03606 −3.28222 −2.11306 285362 SULFATASE MODIFYING FACTOR 1 SUMF1 −3.73367 −2.48341 6836 SURFEIT 4 SURF4 −1.95495 −5.84907 23546 SYNAPTOGYRIN 4 SYNGR4 −2.93405 −1.89975 171024 SYNAPTOPODIN 2 SYNPO2 −3.58817 −3.00192 23208 SYNAPTOTAGMIN XI SYT11 −3.85581 −4.17378 83849 SYNAPTOTAGMIN XV SYT15 −3.73035 −3.0071 −2.76884 83851 SYNAPTOTAGMIN XVI SYT16 −2.98035 −1.87882 90019 SYNAPTOTAGMIN VIII SYT8 −3.26196 −1.94023 134864 TRACE AMINE ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 1 TAAR1 −2.4933 −2.37326 9287 TRACE AMINE ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR 2 TAAR2 −2.07314 −2.94412 −2.55597 117143 TRANSCRIPTIONAL ADAPTOR 1 (HFI1 HOMOLOG, YEAST)-LIKE TADA1L −3.58325 −4.24081 10474 TRANSCRIPTIONAL ADAPTOR 3 (NGG1 HOMOLOG, YEAST)-LIKE TADA3L −3.69376 −2.67301 −2.67191 6883 TAF12 RNA POLYMERASE II, TATA BOX BINDING PROTEIN (TBP)- TAF12 −3.506 −3.03956 −3.59767 ASSOCIATED FACTOR, 20 KDA 8148 TAF15 RNA POLYMERASE II, TATA BOX BINDING PROTEIN (TBP)- TAF15 −5.00259 −2.99249 ASSOCIATED FACTOR, 68 KDA 389932 ALDO-KETO REDUCTASE, TRUNCATED TAKR −3.01732 −3.14658 6888 TRANSALDOLASE 1 TALDO1 −2.93536 −1.951 84807 T-CELL ACTIVATION NFKB-LIKE PROTEIN TA- −2.0215 −2.34425 NFKBH 374403 TBC1 DOMAIN FAMILY, MEMBER 10C TBC1D10C −3.33335 −2.33856 23102 TBC1 DOMAIN FAMILY, MEMBER 2B TBC1D2B −2.38151 −3.63115 −2.23145 79718 TRANSDUCIN (BETA)-LIKE 1X-LINKED RECEPTOR 1 TBL1XR1 −1.98849 −2.93411 6926 T-BOX 3 (ULNAR MAMMARY SYNDROME) TBX3 −2.84324 −2.55287 −2.1923 54103 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN LOC54103 TCAG7.1314 −1.97256 −3.65763 56849 TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR A (SII)-LIKE 7 TCEAL7 −4.02826 −2.17249 6921 TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR B (SIII), POLYPEPTIDE 1 (15 KDA, TCEB1 −3.56259 −2.87088 −2.80807 ELONGIN C) 9623 T-CELL LEUKEMIA/LYMPHOMA 1B TCL1B −4.70516 −2.58147 −2.2034 7003 TEA DOMAIN FAMILY MEMBER 1 (SV40 TRANSCRIPTIONAL ENHANCER TEAD1 −3.55384 −2.12333 FACTOR) 7006 TEC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE TEC −1.85863 −1.90836 23371 TENSIN LIKE C1 DOMAIN CONTAINING PHOSPHATASE (TENSIN 2) TENC1 −3.23649 −2.03696 7011 TELOMERASE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 TEP1 −2.33241 −5.04989 7022 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2 GAMMA (ACTIVATING ENHANCER TFAP2C −2.50319 −2.92926 BINDING PROTEIN 2 GAMMA) 29842 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CP2-LIKE 1 TFCP2L1 −2.75048 −2.80252 29844 TCF3 (E2A) FUSION PARTNER (IN CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA) TFPT −3.11717 −3.06358 −3.10235 51497 TH1-LIKE (DROSOPHILA) TH1L −2.06756 −2.99752 353376 TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 2 TICAM2 −2.54594 −1.92781 7082 TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN 1 (ZONA OCCLUDENS 1) TJP1 −1.99226 −3.30745 7083 THYMIDINE KINASE 1, SOLUBLE TK1 −2.50739 −2.82968 9874 TOUSLED-LIKE KINASE 1 TLK1 −2.30245 −2.34146 7092 TOLLOID-LIKE 1 TLL1 −2.42975 −2.34648 51284 TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7 TLR7 −3.20969 −2.41105 9032 TRANSMEMBRANE 4 L SIX FAMILY MEMBER 5 TM4SF5 −2.0935 −2.68228 53346 TRANSMEMBRANE 6 SUPERFAMILY MEMBER 1 TM6SF1 −4.00854 −2.48158 51643 TRANSMEMBRANE BAX INHIBITOR MOTIF CONTAINING 4 TMBIM4 −3.44325 −1.93345 79905 TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNEL-LIKE 7 TMC7 −2.27616 −1.85573 −1.88393 55002 TRANSMEMBRANE AND COILED-COIL DOMAINS 3 TMCO3 −2.37384 −1.86547 −2.07757 8834 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 11 TMEM11 −4.15914 −4.43887 144404 HYPOTHETICAL LOC144404 TMEM120B −5.92348 −2.20834 −2.36457 85014 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC14141 TMEM141 −3.93132 −2.00305 51522 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 14C TMEM14C −3.83709 −3.00587 201799 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ32028 TMEM154 −2.9453 −4.0793 −3.83264 55858 TPA REGULATED LOCUS TMEM165 −3.00582 −2.11807 84286 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC4618 TMEM175 −2.30215 −1.95875 84548 FAMILY WITH SEQUENCE SIMILARITY 11, MEMBER A TMEM185A −2.878 −1.92037 387521 UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME VARIANT KUA TMEM189 −2.38212 −3.47634 55161 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 33 TMEM33 −1.85009 −3.18274 131616 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 42 TMEM42 −4.81996 −2.71992 51249 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 69 TMEM69 −1.86253 −2.34459 144110 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 86A TMEM86A −3.98965 −2.15319 641649 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 91 TMEM91 −2.39084 −3.8996 126259 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC23244 TMIGD2 −2.19155 −3.54299 29766 TROPOMODULIN 3 (UBIQUITOUS) TMOD3 −2.90096 −3.05522 344805 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEASE, SERINE 7 TMPRSS7 −2.22643 −2.42787 160335 TRANSMEMBRANE AND TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT CONTAINING 2 TMTC2 −3.26585 −2.1169 8600 TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR (LIGAND) SUPERFAMILY, MEMBER 11 TNFSF11 −2.5807 −5.88377 23534 TRANSPORTIN 3 TNPO3 −4.90495 −4.06996 −3.75153 10140 TRANSDUCER OF ERBB2, 1 TOB1 −2.4024 −2.0188 9804 TRANSLOCASE OF OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 20 HOMOLOG TOMM20 −3.38974 −2.88057 (YEAST) 56993 TRANSLOCASE OF OUTER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 22 HOMOLOG TOMM22 −2.1434 −2.49763 (YEAST) 58476 TUMOR PROTEIN P53 INDUCIBLE NUCLEAR PROTEIN 2 TP53INP2 −2.66254 −4.08177 −2.05149 53373 TWO PORE SEGMENT CHANNEL 1 TPCN1 −2.18053 −2.14121 −2.27751 7164 TUMOR PROTEIN D52-LIKE 1 TPD52L1 −3.5544 −3.25758 7173 THYROID PEROXIDASE TPO −2.12718 −2.65698 51693 HEMATOPOIETIC STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS 176 TRAPPC2L −2.35046 −2.84987 54210 TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 1 TREM1 −2.41212 −4.62915 −2.14621 55809 TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATING FACTOR 1 TRERF1 −2.90946 −4.16991 8805 TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING 24 TRIM24 −1.97462 −1.93153 10155 TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING 28 TRIM28 −2.13008 −1.92375 166655 TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING 60 TRIM60 −1.98769 −2.65534 55128 TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING 68 TRIM68 −2.27145 −3.97537 6738 TROVE DOMAIN FAMILY, MEMBER 2 TROVE2 −2.34569 −2.09889 7222 TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY C, TRPC3 −2.25341 −2.81435 MEMBER 3 7225 TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CATION CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY C, TRPC6 −2.47758 −2.44406 −2.91983 MEMBER 6 140803 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ20087 TRPM6 −3.44552 −1.88594 −2.78798 57616 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 537 TSHZ3 −1.90786 −3.21475 −2.10168 7259 TSPY-LIKE 1 TSPYL1 −2.56945 −3.16215 −2.20417 7264 TISSUE SPECIFIC TRANSPLANTATION ANTIGEN P35B TSTA3 −4.00686 −2.37017 26140 TUBULIN TYROSINE LIGASE-LIKE FAMILY, MEMBER 3 TTLL3 −1.90887 −1.88575 84617 TUBULIN, BETA 6 TUBB6 −2.01658 −2.87146 7284 TU TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR, MITOCHONDRIAL TUFM −2.92069 −2.19069 7294 TXK TYROSINE KINASE TXK −2.78577 −3.11976 200081 TAXILIN ALPHA TXLNA −2.47492 −2.55174 54957 THIOREDOXIN-LIKE 4B TXNL4B −1.96591 −2.3762 −3.21574 7326 UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2G 1 (UBC7 HOMOLOG, YEAST) UBE2G1 −1.86023 −2.46231 −2.00714 7326 UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2G 1 (UBC7 HOMOLOG, YEAST) UBE2G1 −1.86023 −2.46231 −2.00714 9246 UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYME E2L 6 UBE2L6 −4.53705 −3.29012 143630 HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN MGC20470 UBQLNL −1.96977 −3.45196 92181 DENDRITIC CELL-DERIVED UBIQUITIN-LIKE PROTEIN UBTD2 −3.05707 −1.8902 7993 UBX DOMAIN CONTAINING 6 UBXD6 −2.07223 −2.28693 51569 UBIQUITIN-FOLD MODIFIER 1 UFM1 −2.44738 −2.89156 167127 UDP GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 3 FAMILY, POLYPEPTIDE A2 UGT3A2 −2.29205 −1.92947 121665 DKFZP586C1324 PROTEIN UNQ1887 −2.58128 −2.02877 7398 UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 1 USP1 −1.91599 −2.7275 −2.81914 11274 UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 18 USP18 −3.79525 −3.50393 −3.57991 9960 UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 3 USP3 −3.70597 −2.06201 9098 HYPERPOLYMORPHIC GENE 1 USP6 −1.85927 −1.99963 7405 UV RADIATION RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED GENE UVRAG −3.54039 −4.113 8673 VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 8 (ENDOBREVIN) VAMP8 −1.86941 −2.06279 50853 VILLIN-LIKE VILL −2.94995 −1.92166 7433 VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE RECEPTOR 1 VIPR1 −5.80786 −4.69544 −3.96241 79720 VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING 37B (YEAST) VPS37B −1.85816 −2.02574 55275 VACUOLAR PROTEIN SORTING 53 (YEAST) VPS53 −3.0736 −3.25681 128434 CHROMOSOME 20 OPEN READING FRAME 102 VSTM2L −2.56128 −2.36445 340706 VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 VWA2 −2.6436 −1.88033 11193 WW DOMAIN BINDING PROTEIN 4 (FORMIN BINDING PROTEIN 21) WBP4 −2.88433 −1.89074 55759 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 12 WDR12 −2.06357 −2.34823 79269 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 32 WDR32 −2.20716 −2.26755 55339 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 33 WDR33 −2.97558 −1.90321 401551 SIMILAR TO HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN FLJ25955 WDR38 −1.87216 −2.76576 −3.11598 139170 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 40B WDR40B −2.30236 −2.23209 50717 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 42A WDR42A −2.37447 −2.61814 −2.94676 348793 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 53 WDR53 −4.71096 −4.37789 55100 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 70 WDR70 −2.00896 −2.72161 79819 WD REPEAT DOMAIN 78 WDR78 −3.82026 −4.04859 23038 WD AND TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEATS 1 WDTC1 −2.08283 −2.63992 −2.30554 147179 WIRE PROTEIN WIPF2 −2.63385 −2.09502 80014 WW, C2 AND COILED-COIL DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 WWC2 −5.43289 −2.11183 51741 PUTATIVE OXIDOREDUCTASE WWOX −2.98849 −2.36351 2829 CHEMOKINE (C MOTIF) RECEPTOR 1 XCR1 −2.09586 −2.71649 286046 CHROMOSOME 8 OPEN READING FRAME 7 XKR6 −2.09863 −1.89435 91419 XRCC6 BINDING PROTEIN 1 XRCC6BP1 −2.27418 −1.92721 541465 CANCER/TESTIS ANTIGEN CT45-2 XX- −2.78451 −2.59265 −2.14218 FW88277B6.1 10652 SNARE PROTEIN YKT6 YKT6 −2.29434 −2.30459 79693 YRDC DOMAIN CONTAINING (E. COLI) YRDC −3.01605 −2.64556 253943 YTH DOMAIN FAMILY, MEMBER 3 YTHDF3 −2.76914 −2.84077 7532 TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE/TRYPTOPHAN 5-MONOOXYGENASE YWHAG −3.31557 −2.31734 ACTIVATION PROTEIN, GAMMA POLYPEPTIDE 7528 YY1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1 −3.29105 −3.64289 57684 ZINC FINGER AND BTB DOMAIN CONTAINING 26 ZBTB26 −3.34289 −3.49875 9877 ZINC FINGER CCCH-TYPE CONTAINING 11A ZC3H11A −2.84078 −3.43356 84240 ZINC FINGER, CCHC DOMAIN CONTAINING 9 ZCCHC9 −3.2696 −2.5597 84936 ZINC FINGER, FYVE DOMAIN CONTAINING 19 ZFYVE19 −2.05237 −1.99609 84217 ZINC FINGER, MYND-TYPE CONTAINING 12 ZMYND12 −2.94854 −3.47689 −2.51531 118490 ZINC FINGER, MYND-TYPE CONTAINING 17 ZMYND17 −2.47856 −1.89741 7690 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 131 (CLONE PHZ-10) ZNF131 −1.88418 −2.64243 −2.1069 7766 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 223 ZNF223 −1.97433 −2.11869 7572 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 24 (KOX 17) ZNF24 −2.06908 −2.42245 10224 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 443 ZNF443 −2.11094 −2.36031 114821 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 452 ZNF452 −3.09253 −3.53396 −2.54663 284443 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 493 ZNF493 −2.27517 −2.61513 22869 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 510 ZNF510 −5.67033 −2.21998 −2.82731 25925 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 521 ZNF521 −2.85699 −2.52397 147741 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 560 ZNF560 −2.22818 −2.81243 −2.94421 284346 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 575 ZNF575 −2.32433 −2.1127 −2.03963 169270 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 596 ZNF596 −2.20356 −2.17493 121274 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 641 ZNF641 −1.89321 −2.1958 146542 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 688 ZNF688 −3.74763 −2.11944 163051 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 709 ZNF709 −2.23282 −1.86393 7627 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 75A ZNF75A −3.62969 −4.07762 7629 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 76 (EXPRESSED IN TESTIS) ZNF76 −2.05861 −2.09435 7633 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 79 (PT7) ZNF79 −3.36041 −2.94994 30834 ZINC RIBBON DOMAIN CONTAINING, 1 ZNRD1 −2.01992 −3.05193 23140 ZINC FINGER, ZZ-TYPE WITH EF-HAND DOMAIN 1 ZZEF1 −1.90416 −2.10696

One or more currently preferred embodiments have been described by way of example. It will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that a number of variations and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims. 

1. A method of reducing viability of a tumor cell in a subject, comprising the steps of: introducing into a tumor cell in said subject an agent effective to modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and sensitize the tumour cell to cytolytic activity of an oncolytic virus in said subject; and contacting the tumor cell with an oncolytic virus in an amount effective to reduce viability of the sensitized tumour cell, wherein viability of the tumor cell is reduced.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the agent is effective to enhance, diminish or inhibit the ER stress response in said subject.
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 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the agent is a siRNA specific to ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61, a molecule effective to modulate ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling, or a modified oncolytic virus wherein said modification renders the oncolytic virus effective to modulate ER stress response and sensitize the tumour cell to cytolytic activity.
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 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the tumour cell or cancer cell is selected from colon cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, neck and mouth cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, lymphoma, carcinoma, renal cell cancer, pancreatic cancer, and ovarian cancer cells.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the oncolytic virus is a native or modified herpes virus, Adenovirus, Adeno-associated virus, influenza virus, reovirus, rhabdovirus, Newcastle virus, vaccinia virus, poliovirus, measles virus, mumps virus, sindbis virus (SIN) or sendai virus (SV).
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the oncolytic virus is a native or modified rhabdovirus.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the oncolytic virus is a native or modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) or Maraba virus.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the virus is a mutant virus modified with a function-improving mutation to make the virus a more effective cancer or tumour cell lysing agent.
 11. A method of modulating sensitivity of cancer cells to infection by an oncolytic virus, the method comprising introducing into a cancer cell an agent effective to modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and sensitize the cancer cell to cytolytic activity of the oncolytic virus, wherein the cancer cells are sensitized to infection by the oncolytic virus.
 12. A method of identifying a tumour cell sensitizing agent effective for sensitizing tumour cells to infection by an oncolytic virus, comprising: providing a test molecule with putative endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response modulating activity, adding the test molecule to a sample of said tumor cells, contacting the tumor cells with the oncolytic virus, and comparing cytolytic activity of the oncolytic virus in the sample of tumour cells with the test molecule to activity of the oncolytic virus in a sample of tumour cells without the test molecule, wherein increased cytolytic activity of the oncolytic virus in the sample of tumour cells with the test molecule indicates the presence of a tumour cell sensitizing agent.
 13. A compound effective to modulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and sensitize a tumour cell to cytolytic activity of an oncolytic virus in a subject.
 14. The compound of claim 13, wherein the compound is effective to inhibit the ER stress response in said subject.
 15. The compound of claim 13, wherein the compound is a siRNA specific to ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 or a molecule effective to modulate ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling.
 16. The compound of claim 15, wherein the compound is effective to block or enhance ERN, ATF6, Derlin1, Derlin2 or SEC61 signaling.
 17. The compound of claim 16, wherein the compound is a protein, a small molecule, a nucleic acid, or an antibody.
 18. A composition comprising the compound of claim 13 and an acceptable carrier or excipient.
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 27. A method of sensitizing a tumor to cytolytic activity of an oncolytic virus, said method comprising inducing in a subject a mild stress to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
 28. The method of claim 27, wherein inducing the mild stress comprises genetically disrupting an ER stress response gene.
 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the ER stress response gene is selected from the group consisting of IRE1/ERN, DERLIN, and ATF6.
 30. The method of claim 27, wherein inducing the mild stress comprises chemically inhibiting IRE1/ERN1
 31. The method of claim 30, wherein compound 2 is administered to the subject to chemically inhibit IRE1/ERN1.
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